If you’ve stopped by JumpStart.com in the past 2 days, you may have noticed messages inviting you to link your Facebook and JumpStart accounts for even more fun. What does this mean, you ask? The short answer is that we are working to make it easier to find your real-life friends who are also on JumpStart. And you already know more friends mean more fun at JumpStart!
Check out this quick video for the scoop:
Linking your accounts gives you a number of exciting benefits. Here are the highlights:
1.Your kids will get bonus coins to use in the game. We’ve had parents asking if there’s a way to give their kids bonus coins for special occasions – here’s your chance! Help your little one finally get their hands on that super cool magic carpet or stylish pirate hat.
2. You’ll be able to see your Facebook friends who are also on JumpStart! Who knows? Maybe your cousin’s family or your neighbor’s son is already playing. Find out, then link up your kids with theirs, so that everyone can play together in the virtual world!
3. You can get real-time updates of what your kids are up to in the game! Did your daughter finally decide to buy that funny pet lamp? Has your son finally beaten his best score in Dodge N’ Dash? With these handy updates, you’ll finally know what your kids mean when they start arguing about who has the cooler pet blob.
Ready to get started? Click here to visit the official Link page. You’ll be asked to login to JumpStart.com, then taken through the steps!
PS. Since we’re on the topic of Facebook – don’t forget to come join our fan page at http://www.facebook.com/JumpStart. Thanks!
Get Your Friends in the Know!
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I am a jumpstart subscriber and I have never heard of any 6 year old having a facebook account. I am sure your marketing group may think that its a wonderful idea to link jumpstart to facebook; however I will in NO way give my 6 year old a facebook account. I will do some research on this and see if I’m the only parent that feels like this but I’m very certain that most of my friends that have kids don’t let them have Facebook/myspace account until they are almost teenagers.
Hi Mike,
We absolutely agree that a 6 year old should not have a Facebook account. The idea here is to link the parent’s Facebook and JumpStart accounts together. This will allow the parent to receive updates about what their child is doing in the game. We’re sorry for the misunderstanding.
Best,
The JumpStart Team
my mommy does Face Book!!
Is there any way to unlink the Facebook account if we linked it to the wrong one?I linked my daughter’s and I absolutely LOVE it! However, when I linked my sister’s, I linked it to her Facebook instead of our mother’s and don’t know how to fix that
it’s ok
i love you jump start
i will ask my mom if she can get a js acownt to face book