I'm not in love with Fangates. I'm also not saying we won't experiment with them though. But I think I know what you are saying and feel a lot of the same stuff.
But that's why we thought we were making this a lot more interesting. We've had Cityposh contests being played and won from people who don't even have Facebook or Twitter accounts. They just like playing the games. We have 6 other games right now and will continue create more that have nothing to do with "social capital".
So we try and offer all this stuff up as a menu. You pick and choose what you like. If you are having fun with the games feel free to bring in your friends on Facebook to help you win. If you don't think it's worth it, there's 6 other or so ways to just play and get points.
It's a great point though Peter, and one we aren't forgetting about as we iterate on this.