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Ameba is a popular Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese blog
Blog
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ging and social networking website. Its main competitor is Mixi
Mixi
mixi, Inc. is one of several social networking websites in Japan, founded in 2004. As of May 2008, mixi had over 21.6 million users and an 80% share of the social networking market in Japan...

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In December 2009 Ameba launched Ameba Now, a micro-blogging platform competing with Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...

. In March 2009 Ameba launched Ameba Pico, a Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...

 app for the English market based on the virtual community
Virtual community
A virtual community is a social network of individuals who interact through specific media, potentially crossing geographical and political boundaries in order to pursue mutual interests or goals...

 Ameba Pigg.

Ameba Pico Virtual World / Ameba Pigg

Ameba Pico / Pigg is a Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...

 and a Japanese Blog Virtual Community where you can customize your avatar, socialize with people around the world using virtual places included in the game like virtual Shibuya
Shibuya
is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It is also a surname of Japanese people, including:-People:*Shibuya Konnōmaru, a 12th century warrior*Kotono Shibuya , a female actor*Momoko Shibuya , a female actor...

 and Statue of Liberty
Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, designed by Frédéric Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886...

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Users can also decorate their own rooms with different types of furniture, bought by Virtual Money Called "Gummies", "Token" and "Ameba Gold".

For the English Community (Pico), Gummies and Tokens are The Game Currency where you can earn by playing through the game, while "Ameba Gold" is a currency in the game where you can only get through Paying real money, Facebook Credits, Phone Balance, or by doing tasks from the game's providers like Paymentwall and Sometrics.

It is estimated that each day, 15,000+ users log in in the English (pico) game also available in other languages .

External links

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