Needaddys – the number of “friends” that children and young people have on their social networking sites and MSN contact lists has long been a concern to parents and teachers, but now there are websites which actually help them to find more friends. www.needaddys.com allows users to choose a country, sexual preference and age group and then search for contacts to add. It is widely used by young people as a way to increase the number of contacts that they have.

Dedipix – another worrying activity that young people are engaging in is called Dedipix. Bascially this is a craze, very popular in France whereby young people are increasing the number of comments on their blog by exchanging photos. One blogger offers to provide 180 comments on a blog if he receives a photo of someone’s breasts. Clearly a risky activity, it highlights the need for children and young people to be ever more popular online. http://www.pixdedi.com/ The photos that are sent will usually have the name of the person they are sending them to written on a body part.