More Social Networking Sites for Tweens
Tweens have found their social networking niche with two fabulous sites.
Check out Disney’s Club Penguin and Imbee.com.
Club Penguin is a social network and virtual world that lets kids, ages 6 to 14, waddle around and make new friends. On settings aimed at its youngest demographic, the game only allows players to communicate using pre-set phrases, making obscenities or other inappropriate content impossible. Even on its settings for older users, the site employs teams of moderators to identify and ban any user spouting less-than-innocent language.
If you’re familiar with Imbee, you’ll know that it’s quite similar to Facebook. The site is designed to bring real-world friendships onto the Web, not vice versa. Only a child’s direct friend can view his or her profile, and parents are alerted whenever a new friend is added.
So parents, the next time your 6-year-old daughter demands a MySpace account, guide her to these safe tween sites. It’s social networking - without the risks.
As always… I send them as I see them.
More from around the sphere:
- The creators of New Moon Girls magazine have created a new social networking site for tween girls ages 8-12. It’s NewMoonGirls.com. The company calls it “a safe, secure and advertisement-free social network where girls can discover, … - New meeting place for tween girls or poaching ground for predators? She’s too old for kiddie sites, too young for MySpace, acts like she’s 11, looks like. - Tween Social Networking and Other Media Trends. The New York Times recently ran a short article called Preferring the Web Over Watching TV which cited a few stats regarding TV and web habits of 10 to 14 year olds. … |
December 22nd, 2008 at 1:05 am
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