synergy – where different entities cooperate advantageously for a final outcome.
As a man who appreciates sound, effective business development, I have to tip my hat to any company that combines all the best elements of separate applications to fuse them into one well-oiled machine of creativity and ingenuity. Long story short, I love to see synergy at work and that is precisely what the minds behind ChatVille have brought to the table by using world’s mega social networking site, Facebook, as their platform. Read on to learn more about ChatVille, a recently launched Facebook game that will keep users enthralled through its seamless merging of the finest interactive qualities of ChatRoulette and real time virtual management capabilities of FarmVille.
If asked to describe ChatVille in a simple sentence, I would reply by saying “it’s a combination of ChatRoulette with far less awkward frontal nudity and FarmVille without the annoyingly constant updates letting you know which crops your buddies have fertilized.” ChatVille allowed Facebook users to enter into safe, secure video chats where they are encouraged to interact in order to earn compliments, access badges, and boost their status level through positive communication with fellow members. ChatVille also offers a Facebook first by letting users to enter into face to face conversations and post screenshots of ChatVille experiences to photo albums.
What makes ChatVille such a promising enterprise are the measures the application takes to prevent the inappropriate, offensive and quite frankly, nauseating, behavior often seen on ChatRoulette. All ChatVille interactions are connected to the user’s personal Facebook account – thus establishing legitimate consequences for member conduct violations. According to Steve Shapiro, CEO of ChatVille makers Digsby, participants can be assured that the application has a system in place to “weed out the bad apples quickly and permanently.” If you have any doubts about the safety level of ChatVille, just ask yourself this question: am I really going to drop my pants in a video chat room when the person on the other end of the cam can see my name and all the info on my Facebook profile? I didn’t think so.
ChatVille just launched on May 20 and is already taking the social networking world by storm. The fun, addictive nature of ChatVille is finding a home in Facebook accounts everywhere and it sure helps that it was invented and now managed by the same team that created Digsby, the desktop app that now helps more than 2.5 million users manage over 6 million IM, email, and social network accounts from one application. With all the hype surrounding ChatVille, it would be no surprise if over 50 million Facebook users jump on the bandwagon and start chatting it up in no time. Check out ChatVille now and start making the giant Facebook community a little smaller with each conversation.
