General -- beYou Stats: Social

**WARNING:** The items listed on this page are not the only items that help with these stats. These lists and source of items can and have changed over time. This is just to give you an idea of some things to look for and/or do when trying to boost this stat. For more up-to-date information, please visit the Items by Stats page and click on the stat you're interested in trying to boost. Remember that increases are slight and don't boost them right away.

## What is Social?

**Social**: one of the 8 stats on your beYou Hud and for the most part is affected by how well you interact with other users. There are a few items that will allow individuals to gain social stats by themselves (without the assistance or presence of other people). Social decreases over time and can be increased by one of the many options below.

The following list is a sample of some items that have an effect on your stats. Some of these items may have either been discontinued over time or how they affect stats may have changed over time. For an up to date listing of what items affect your social stats, visit the Items by Stats: Social Tab at www.beyouworld.com.

## Social Activity

Social activities require more than one person to use the item to ensure that your social stat increases (or remains steady) over time.

### beYou Meter

As one of the first tools you receive after signing up for beYou, the beYou meter is one of the most immediately accessible ways of increasing social when interacting with another beYou Citizen.

To use your meter for social, click someone else's meter and choose the type of interaction you wish to have (friend or romantic for adults; ParentControl\* or friend for child) and an action. Once the other user accepts (users do not HAVE to accept your interaction), then both of you will animate and gain social points.

\*NOTE: the ParentControl option is only available for your child (or children in your family).

### Furniture

Social can be increased by sitting on specific pieces of beYou furniture with another person. The other person does not have to be a beYou Citizen.

* Furniture such as the dining room table, kitchen island, sofa, loveseat, patio table, or patio sofa can be used. Beds do **not** increase your social stats. Activities on the sofa, loveseat, or patio sofa also allow you to increase other hud stats through additional menu options.
* Game Tables: beYou Greedy & beYou Cards Against Humanity are both game tables that can help with social as well as earning creativity points.

## Individual Items

There are a few items sold individually that will help you increase social.

* beBell Phone
	+ Texting: text other beYou Citizens on your beFriends List. You will receive social if they are wearing their hud.
	+ beBell Phone Game: gain social with each level above level 4 of the game
* Icky Tacky Toes Game: win the round to gain social points
* Fireplaces and Wood Burning Stoves: be within 20 meters and the lit fire will give you stats
* Riding Snails: ride them and your stats will boost a little bit. **IMPORTANT**: As of August 2021, gachas are no longer available for purchase. It has not been determined as to whether or not beYou will release the snails as a regular useable item.

## Food

Food is a great way to increase many stats, especially wellness. But certain types of food also can help give you that added social boost you are looking for.

* Alcoholic Drinks - alcohol increases your social individually. This method however does negatively impact other stats.
* SG meals - All SG meals give a minor social boost.
* beYou Potted Black Tea - grown using farming. Must be potted and then loaded into your assets. Gives a good social boost on clicking. Potted Black Tea can not be sold to other players; only harvests.

## Things to Remember

* beYou users can choose to not accept a request to interact with your meter.
* The ParentControl menu will only show on a child/teen meter of a child in your family.
* You can sit with anyone, beYou or non-beYou on the furniture to gain social.
* Drink besponsibly. ;-)