Actually, I think these sites may be teen-social-networking training wheels as much for parents as for their users (parents who don't already have MySpace profiles, anyway). Newsweek leads with how Club Penguin (4 million visitors/month) kept a child, who was in the hospital for five months, connected with his then-distant friends. But this site for 8-to-14-year-olds, Newsweek says, is just the … [Read more...] about Social-networking training wheels
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From social networking to life?
Headlines are beginning to say that Second Life, with 2 million+ users and growing, is the next social-networking phenomenon. If descriptions like "virtual world" or "alternate reality" don't work, try this wordier one from the Fort Worth Star Telegram Fort Worth Star Telegram: "sort of a combination of MySpace, The Sims and Monopoly, with the three-dimensional touch of Star Trek’s holodecks and … [Read more...] about From social networking to life?
BBC’s virtual world for kids
As widely reported, the BBC is jumping on the social-networking bandwagon (see Reuters), and this week there's news of the first example. CBBC, the BBC for 7-to-12-year-olds, is joining the likes of Whyville.net and ClubPenguin.com in opening a virtual world for young people, the BBC reports. CBBC says it'll be like Second Life without chat, virtual money or ecommerce, or the ability to build new … [Read more...] about BBC’s virtual world for kids
Lawmaker’s virtual press conference
First there was the politicization of social networking, now politics has entered virtual worlds - in this case, Second Life, the MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game). Rep. George Miller (D) of California "appears to be the first member of Congress to hold something akin to a press conference in this virtual world, which is operated by Linden Lab and boasts its own currency and … [Read more...] about Lawmaker’s virtual press conference
Social networking about health
I get so many press releases and Google alerts about new social networking sites that I long ago decided to pass along to you only the milestones. This one is: "The social-networking revolution is coming to health care," the Wall Street Journal reports, adding that "patients who once connected mainly through email discussion groups and chat rooms are building more sophisticated virtual communities … [Read more...] about Social networking about health