Thursday, June 7, 2012

IMVU- What are our children getting into?

            Imvu is just like all those other mingling websites. The site mainly targets children. Yet it is not really a child's environment and it is definitely not something we would want our children to socialize with. Imvu is insidious-apparently harmless but can be quite damaging. The people who have an account can socialize with almost anyone in the world. The users spend credits to buy products. There are many ways to get credits but the easiest is to buy them with actual money. The more raunchy products can only be accessed through the VIP membership. Users can also have virtual partners (boyfriend's, girlfriends) which they can even get married to. The users may be prone to having virtual sex. The users may also be a part of cyber-bullying. Cyber-bullying is easily done on this site because you can be completely anonymous. Things like "You're ugly" are actually quite common. The worst is that your child could have an account and you wouldn't even know.  It is definitely not something I would want my child to be a part of. Users out there use site at your own risk.

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