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If you consider the Myspace, Facebook and YouTube cities, inhabited by millions of residents subdivided into boroughs and neighborhoods, think of Twitter Moms and Climate Culture as small suburban communities on the city’s periphery. We are in the midst of urban sprawl of online community sites, where users play games to learn how to reduce their carbon footprint or get tips on improving their golf swing via online video.
Virtual Villages are growing by leaps and bounds according to Google Trends. As Web 1.0 e-Commerce makes its steady roll downhill, Web 2.0 social networking has risen from nothing in 2004 to nearly stealing the spotlight from e-tailers.
We’ve created a list of the top five emerging virtual villages that you might not have heard of:
1. Climate Culture—This is an interactive game where users are given an island and avatar that best reflects their carbon footprint and appearance. Users then commit to easy ways to reduce their daily emissions to restore life on their island and in their everyday lives.
2. Twitter Moms—Guess what “Mommies wish list is.” No, not a free babysitter. “A free short stack at iHop,” actually. Twitter Moms delivers on its name—it’s a site for mothers seeking information and community with other mothers in an easy-to-use, friendly way.
3. CauseCast—Finding the right nonprofit to donate to can be difficult. That’s why CauseCast has a user-friendly interface for donors to easily find and donate to a charity they care about.
To see the rest of the Top 5 Virtual Villages, visit Sparxoo.com
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