Socializing is part of our lives, we like to meet new people, to make friends, to comment and make fun of each other, to share pictures, links, music, games. It’s great because with this technology, this is not hard to get. Young generation is the segment of public that accepts changes really quickly, and more than that, adopt all kind of new stuff.

There are many socializing sites, each of them trying to offer what’s best for people, trying to keep them together. Many people use this sites to know people, but there are also people that want something more. They like to play. Sites like this have many applications (quizzes, games, tests) and there are for sure funny and challenging.

The games present of this kind of sites make you play with you friends, all in a “public virtual space”. There’s no need for you to build a personal network and gather your friends, all you need is an internet connection and an account on socializing sites.

Facebook is for sure one of the most popular sites, where you can meet people from everywhere and know them better by chatting. The games present on this site are really funny, and all pf my friends find it great to play like this. The most important in my opinion is “Farmville”. Everyone wants to have the best farm, the most beautiful animals…and friends can help you. They can give you some corn, for example, if you ran out of it. Or they can feed your dog.

There are also many other games, for all requests. Treasure Island, Sorority Life, Happy Aquarium, Social City, Café World…where you can beat your friends with imagination and points.

Some cell phone networks offer people the possibility to have internet on their mobile phone. To be able to check their mail or chat from everywhere they are. But wait….you’ll be able to connect anytime, so you can control your farm and beat your friends.

Is this a danger of addiction? You are at one click away from you favorite site. You can control you actions, and you will not be forced to wait until you get home to see what your friends recently posted or if someone made a comment about your profile.

I saw friends sad because their farm didn’t work, or because they forgot to fertilize their plantation or too feed their cat. Are this things moving into a virtual world? How many of them really saw a farm or had the opportunity to see that a dog can’t be fed with a click? I think all this game mania, Facebook mania and cell phone games are overreacted, we should wake up and see world is not that friendly!