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Except that Lance Priebe himself said he specifically made Club Penguin to only “appear to be social” with a lot of the multiplayer interactions directly design
by snapperwhip 6y ago
Except that Lance Priebe himself said he specifically made Club Penguin to only “appear to be social” with a lot of the multiplayer interactions directly designed to be superficial and emphemeral - making it easy for kids to pop in and away without any significant time of talking and with props and items designed to distract from conversation. This was on purpose - as moderating a kids chat rooms was expensive and logistically inherently difficult to prevent grooming etc.
TL;DR Club Penguin wasn’t really a social site.
- throwaway13337 6y agoThat may be - club penguin was part of the list of children browser games at the time providing real time player interaction. I listed it because I imagine that's the one most people in tech know because it got a lot of media attention but I admit I know the least about it. Club penguin limited chat as opposed to habbo hotel and moviestarplanet which had, surprisingly, free style chatting (at least in the non-US versions). These were both from scandinavian companies which had a more liberal attitude. As a result, the player connections were deeper.