Better Business Bureau processed 436 Zynga complaints in 36 months, study says

And several other, more happy-go-lucky statistics were included in a study conducted by Single Grain, an SEO firm. The study reveals interesting statistics like of the 20 percent of people in US that have played a social game, 35 percent of them have never played a video game before. Of course, the seven ways of telling us that more women play Facebook games than men are included. (It's just not a survey without them.)

However, as you scroll down the infographic, the findings become a bit darker (and weirder), like Single Grain's finding that, "The Better Business Bureau processed 436 complaints about Zynga in the last 36 months." And to think that 90 percent of the company's revenue is thanks to virtual goods purchases. Speaking of weirder, did you know that the FarmVille maker's employees, when chosen for quarterly awards, have a choice between "a car filled with vested stock" or "a weekend spree in a $200,000 Lamborghini?"

It's true, and they're even offered trips to Vegas with acupuncture and massage treatments. In addition to one in every five Facebook users having played FarmVille, digital farmers outnumber real farmers in the US 80 to one. Not to mention half of all Facebook log-ins are to play games. According to Single Grain's findings, Zynga is having a grand old time--except for those nasty BBB reports. Oh well, there's always Vegas to help wash those worries away.

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Video: Moms, get off Facebook (games) and play with your kids

Mom, get off of FarmVille for five minutes--you're going to want to see this. TheLogoff.org has posted a viral video campaign against mothers who neglect their kids in favor of Facebook. The social network has not only become a place for some mothers to make long lost connections and find new friends, it has become the friend. While the video doesn't call out social games directly, for a large portion of women on Facebook, that friend is called FarmVille. Judging from the tone of the advertisement, we'd say that MomFilter.com would agree as well, the video's creator. This is far from the first time that the potentially deadly combination of mothers and Facebook games had been made aware to us. Let's all hope that this helps it be the last.

[Via All Facebook]

Are you a FarmVille playing mother? How do you balance your time in FarmVille with your children and family? Do you know of someone who visibly fails to balance the two?