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scams on social network games!

the reading on this was short but to the point. The 3rd party game wares on social networks like Facebook and Myspace are making a profit on the sites without any regulation. These games, like mafia wars and farmville on facebook, will coax people into giving them money for in game money and upgrades. These are trivial for what they're paying for. If these people are going to be making money on a free social network, i feel facebook and Myspace should regulate it, or get a cut. Other social games such as world of warcraft or everquest try to crack down on the "gold farming" issue, where people pay real money for in game gold. That should be what facebook and myspace does rather than sit back and let people get swindled out of their own pockets.