Looking for the next big thing? Social gaming startups heating up

As the Facebook Platform matures (i.e. Facebook cracks down on application spam and users become more skeptical/tired of applications), entrepreneurs and investors are looking for ways to break away from the mold of the now over 15,000 applications in the Facebook Platform directory.

One area that’s been getting more and more attention from entrepreneurs on Facebook recently is social gaming. Often posting eye-popping daily active user ratios of over 10% or even 20% (compared to 4% or 5% for most healthy Facebook apps), Facebook games have demonstrated that Facebook users want to bring their friends back into the gaming experience.

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