Gold farming
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[edit] Economics
According to Thomas Claburn on InformationWeek on June 29, 2009, "The trading of virtual currency for real cash employs hundreds of thousands of people worldwide and generates between $200 million and $1 billion annually, according to a 2008 survey conducted by Richard Heeks at the University of Manchester. He estimates that between 80% and 85% of gold farmers are based in China." [1]
[edit] Legal issues
In June 2009," the Chinese government has declared that virtual currency cannot be traded for real goods or services. " [2] Much of this activity is called gold farming. It is estimated that 85% of gold farming takes place in China. [3]
[edit] Spam issues
Gold farmers have a long history of spamming with comments and wiki edits.
