This is an account of our research driven by our curiosity towards the Habbo Hotel users, who they are and why Habbo fascinates. Habbo is many things: a software product for digital communities; a social networking site for children and young teenagers; a playful and non-violent virtual world where parents can trust their children to be reasonably safe, etc. However, Habbo is also an example of a change in technical innovation that has gained an increasing amount of attention during the past five or ten years
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