With a number of news stories lately about kids under 13 on Facebook ( on the site against the social network’s terms of service), you’d think there weren’t any other social networking sites that were geared for kids or where kids wanted to be. That’s hardly the case, as there are many social networks, gaming sites, and virtual worlds aimed at the under 13 set. In fact, a study last year suggested that of the billion some-odd users of virtual worlds, over half are under age 15.
One of the newest kid-friendly sites is MiniMonos, a New Zealand-based company that, just six months after its launch, already has over 250,000 users. That’s dwarfed, of course, by the popular Disney-owned Club Penguin, with over 6 million monthly active users. And while MiniMonos is similar to Club Penguin and other virtual sites with its emphasis on fun avatars, games, and virtual goods, MiniMonos, which means “little monkeys” in Spanish, is unique in a couple of ways.
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