Mxit

Mxit is a group of chat rooms that are found on the mxit website.MXit is a FREE instant messaging program for cell phones. This means that you can chat to other MXit users on their cell phones anywhere else in the world, for FREE.It enables you to send and receive text messages to and from cell phones with the Internet using GPRS, rather than by using the usual SMS technology. MXit enables you to exchange messages with other users on Mxit or other online chat communities - anywhere, anytime!The worlds younger generation has been named the "thumb tribe" because of the abilities to send smses so quickly.The internet on cell phones has opened up a whole new world for the youngsters of our generation.Cell phones for the older generations are used as a form of security and a means of communicating with people and keeping in contact with people, specifically parents with their children. For children cell phones are a form of freedom and a place where they can get away and escape as it is a world that is beyond parental control.Many people say Mxit is like a shopping mall as it is a place where the children can all meet up and discuss certain things. Mxit also allows them to speak to a lot of people at one given time, and allows them to have different conversations with different people.Mxit has 855 000 users and about 50 to 70 million messages are sent in only one day.MXit is not only available as a means of communication but has many different other ways to express yourself on your mobile phone.You are able to meet new people, play games, customise your phone.This can all be done through Tradepost, a contact that is already on your phone once you have registered on Mxit.

Despite Mxit being a sudden craze ,there are however a number of dangers on Mxit and it may not be very safe to some people, particularly the younger generation.There are a lot of chat rooms particularly flirt chat rooms that are available where it allows us to speak to people with hidden agendas as the identity is not known or could be made up.It could end up that these people with hidden agendas may be stalkers and the children will give out private information about themselves, that could cause a lot of danger in their lives.