Monday, June 6, 2011

Moshi Monsters: children's social network reaches 50 million users


Who said that only Facebook and Orkut exists as social network with many users? Both networks are the largest existing so far, but they are limited to people over 13 years, and the children, what now? There are social networks aimed at this audience, which at an earlier age have discovered the wonders that the Internet can provide.


One of these networks is Moshi Monsters, which is geared toward children from England and that uses monsters inspired by the famous cartoons like Pokemon and Monster Rancher. To give you an idea of ​​the popularity of this network, today it already has 50 million registered users, which means that one in two children in England between 6 and 12 years is connected to the network and there is a new account being created every second in the 150 countries that exist around the planet.

In this social network children assume the role of a little monster who should care for nature in its own virtual world, besides interacting with other monsters that are other children around the world. All this occurs in a colorful and educational.

Unfortunately this social network is not available in Brazil, but there are options like Club Penguin, which is a social network of Disney, where children take care of a little penguin that walks into a virtual world that will receive new "missions" every day , all with educational topics and also with a very colorful world.