All of a sudden everyone seems to be on Facebook and these Facebook apps seem to be making the space look rather useful. I got bombarded with friend requests so I added a profile and even set up a PSFK group (to do what, I don’t know – but you’re welcome to join).
Here’s something fun and odd: limited edition virtual gifts I can buy and send to other Facebookers.
For $1 I can buy this JPEG of a cream cheese bagel and send it to a friend. Which sounds a little daft. But I bet there are quite a few people doing it.
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Yep i think this is what the kids are spending their money on and i bet there are all sorts of popularity competitions along with it.
I sent my one free gift to a friend the other day and noticed that it was a limited edition for June.
I think I secretly wish someone would send one to me. I can’t believe I’m so addicted to Facebook.
June 7th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
Don’t understand the virtual gift thing. Couldn’t someone simply copy and paste the jpeg to ’steal’ the virtual bagel? What makes one authentic?
June 7th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
These gifts are very popular, I can’t google up the number right now, but they are supposed to be making about $100,000 a week(or month i forget) from them.
They probably took the idea from cyworld, where it has been wildly successful. This post has from Unit Structures explains the gifting pretty well.
http://chimprawk.blogspot.com/2007/02/facebook-gifts-pushing-limits-of.html
June 8th, 2007 at 2:11 am