I'm no fan of Facebook's assault on privacy and exploitation of user data; I'd rather pay for a service than be the product.
That said, Messenger Kids is a crazy good product that took off like fire among my children's classmates. Parents get to authorize all contacts and review all communication; kids get fun photo and video chat tools, with all sorts of kid-friendly filters and such, along with loads of minigames. The UI is so dead-simple that illiterate youngsters have no problem using it.
So, yah, I'm not at all surprised to learn that they target 6 year olds. _They have a product clearly intended for them_.
That said, Messenger Kids is a crazy good product that took off like fire among my children's classmates. Parents get to authorize all contacts and review all communication; kids get fun photo and video chat tools, with all sorts of kid-friendly filters and such, along with loads of minigames. The UI is so dead-simple that illiterate youngsters have no problem using it.
So, yah, I'm not at all surprised to learn that they target 6 year olds. _They have a product clearly intended for them_.