IMVU can be fun, if you're 13 or 14 and stick to your clique and have never, ever been on line before and have an IQ under 75.
If you expect anything other than chatting dress up pixel Barbie dolls then you're SOL.
Customer service is at an all time low. There is no service. Customers file help tickets that sit in queue for days or weeks then suddenly their tickets have been deleted by staff.
Customers have very little protection from the cyber bullies that troll the site. From public homepage to public forums, the atmosphere borders on a feral feeding frenzy. At times the cyber bully bloodbath is so vicious that IMVU loses customers. Complaints to staff result in indifference and outright denial.
The packs of wild dogs in the form of supposed young adults reminds one of National Geographic specials that end with images of bloody antelope pieces and growly fat lions.
Content creators who sign up to texture or make 3d products pretty much sign away any rights they should have as a customer.
IMVU used to cherish the members who added to their extensive catalog however, the corporation has removed any support these major contributors once had.
IMVU hides behind the guise of 'safe harbor' in regards to uploaded content however the staff routinely reviews products before publishing.
In theory children are protected from sex and violence but in reality, IMVU is a hotbed of scantily clad 38E vixens, the most overwhelming collection of bondage gear on line, and amazingly realistic intercourse in all varieties.

Between the bondage, the sex, the cyber bullies and the lack of interest on IMVU's part, I would not recommend this platform to anyone with any feelings or morals.

If you think you might like a wild wild west of anything goes and love bad service and being abused, then IMVU is the place for you!

imvu is a discrase.people can go on there and get you. any age). it put a virus on my computer. when i went on there and talked to some one. they tried to get some info about myself from me. it's a good site if u wanna take a chance at being killed! so dont go there.
the virus on my computer was -i could'nt send e mails , and my internet stoped working. my computer was brand newwhen it happened.

I'm a long time user, and even tho I like the place, the customer service is sinking into the worst possible scenario. Virtually, there is NONE. I wouldn't spend any money there unless they get it together better than now. Everything is buggy, nothing gets fixed and they are constantly adding more buggy stuff. The place needs a complete wipe out of the current staff from top to bottom and they need to get some one to drive the boat who understands how to make a business run on something other than scamming customers for quick cash. They aren't growing for a very good reason

IMVU is NOT appropriate for anyone under 18. You can read what adult users of IMVU have said about what really goes on,on imvu,and view the shocking evidence by going here:
http://www.blogsafety.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1100 000166&start=0

My friend and I downloaded this one night when we were bored after seeing the ad on myspace. The graphics where good, but we did meet alot of morons. Our avatar was asked out a few times (yes really) and was begged for cyber by one person. It seems to me that alot of people on it either dont have a gasp on relatity or they're living the life they want through it.

I wouldn't reccommend this site to very many people. Yes the graphics are nice(no bar scenes, just a boring coffee shop, you have to buy the rest of the scenes), but it's still in the BETA stage and very disorganized. The IMVU staff doesn't handle issues well at all and I get tired of having to update IMVU, then finding out it contains some type of virus or bug. There are many other sites out there that I'm sure are better. Don't waste your time.

I saw a demo of IMVU last night, and it is pretty unbelievably cool. IMVU lets you set up 3D avatars and customize your ID with thousands of clothing and accessory options. But the neatest thing is the blind chat they offer. During the demo, the guy clicked a button which launched chat with a random person from somewhere else in the world who also had their settings set to "chat." A table appeared on the screen with a couple of beers - I think it was a bar setting. Both avatars came to the table, and started chatting in bubbles. There's all sorts of actions you can do during this chat - for example, the presenter stood up and did a karate kick on the screen, and asked the person he was chatting with, "can you do that?" The person's response was to get up and walk away. It was sort of a 3D, live Sims or something... incredibly cool. I can't give it 5 stars as it doesn't support Macs, but this is a service to keep an eye on.