
This button allows you to either send an e-mail to a fellow Zwinky requesting friendship or to see where in Zwinky's world your friends are. You can make new friends or see a list of the ones you already have by clicking on the "View/Add Friends" button at the bottom of the interface. To move a Zwinky from one place to the next in a specific area, members simply use the mouse to point and click. Zwinky avatars can move around their own virtual universe, and the main purpose of the site is for users to interact with other Zwinkies, play games and purchase digital goods.

So how does Zwinky work? What can someone with a Zwinky avatar do? And what kind of place is Zwinktopia, anyway? Zwinky profiles can also be set to "private" if you're 18 or older, but profiles of Zwinky users younger than 18 are automatically set to private. If you're younger than 13, you won't be allowed to make your own account, not even with parental permission. One thing to keep in mind: Zwinky is open to anyone age 13 and older. Zwinky lets its members create their own cartoonish, large-headed and big-eyed avatars, which they can use in several different ways. One of these social networking services is Zwinky, a service launched in 2006 and owned by InterActiveCorp (IAC). Generally, members can be as creative as they like with their avatar, either fashioning it as close to their appearance and personality as possible or creating an entirely different personality. After all, most Web sites that offer some kind of online community allow their users to create avatars, an electronic image that represents the person controlling it. But maybe this is why social networking has become so popular at the beginning of the 21st century.
