New social networking service for kids and their parents

by John Watson (Subscribe to John Watson's posts) Jun 21st 2006 11:00AM

Imbee, a new social networking service for kids, launched earlier this week. Like other services, Imbee provides blogging, photo sharing, and messaging. What makes Imbee unique is the amount of protection in place to help keep kids safe. For example, kids can't sign up without a parent's help. A parent or guardian must register for the child using a valid credit card for authentication. And the service provides tools for parents that allow them to easily monitor their child's blog posts, photos, shared music and files, and messages. Another interesting difference between Imbee and other services is that everything is private by default and isn't indexed by search engines. Only people who are invited may view a member's blog postings or photos. It all adds up to a safer, more controlled environment. Imbee offers limited free accounts and paid accounts with a 90 day free trial. [via TechCrunch]

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Christine 6-21-2006 @ 12:21PM

Im one day ahead of you.. the downside? There really is no way to meet other kids and make friends. But perhaps they will make that a parental control in the future - it is still in beta. Right now imbee is only compatable with firefox. Im going to let my daughter on whyville, too.. then maybe she can meet kids who also have imbee and they can share screennames...

Michelle Benjamin 7-02-2006 @ 5:22PM

Yes, it appears to be a good service but the same is available for free at babychums.com

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