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By: It Begins: Celebrities Start Whoring Themselves As Virtual Gifts On Facebook | eMediaOne

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:46:09 +0000

[...] was only a matter of time. Over two years after its virtual goods marketplace opened, Facebook has cast away its innocence and started to [...]

By: It Begins: Celebrities Start Whoring Themselves As Virtual Gifts On Facebook | Technology

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:01:37 +0000

[...] was only a matter of time. Over two years after its virtual goods marketplace opened, Facebook has cast away its innocence and started to [...]

By: It Begins: Celebrities Start Whoring Themselves As Virtual Gifts On Facebook | Techdare

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:26:10 +0000

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By: It Begins: Celebrities Start Whoring Themselves As Virtual Gifts On Facebook | Geek News and Musings

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:20:06 +0000

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By: Casey-Computing and Technology » It Begins: Celebrities Start Whoring Themselves As Virtual Gifts On Facebook

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:20:10 +0000

[...] was only a matter of time. Over two years after its virtual goods marketplace opened, Facebook has cast away its innocence and started to [...]

By: It Begins: Celebrities Start Whoring Themselves As Virtual Gifts On Facebook | ScooperNews.com

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:55:44 +0000

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Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:00:57 +0000

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Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:00:16 +0000

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Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:49:57 +0000

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Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:41:43 +0000

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Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:35:25 +0000

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It Begins: Celebrities Start Whoring Themselves As Virtual Gifts For Facebook — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:18:56 +0000

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By: Bruce Christensen

Bruce Christensen — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:04:46 +0000

A waste of money. And a travesty for the value of true gift giving.

Gifts are supposed to be used to support friends and family during important life events.

It is an attempt to monetize a social site when they can’t figure out how to do it like the real world.

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MY QUEST TO SAVE FACEBOOK…I AM SERIOUS! | OoTheNigerian — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:17:27 +0000

[...] TechCrunch story about Facebook new business model being to sell virtual gifts! That actually was the last straw. Since Arrington rarely get his stories wrong (ass kissing here), I took the tale with a hefty spoon of salt. [...]

By: Virtual Goods. The Next Big Business Model | OneSeason Nation

Virtual Goods. The Next Big Business Model | OneSeason Nation — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 04:44:07 +0000

[...] to many that people would spend so much money on virtual objects. A Techcrunch article on Facebook’s new virtual gifting service was met with [...]

By: Hi5 Hopes To Make Real Coin With Virtual Gifts

Hi5 Hopes To Make Real Coin With Virtual Gifts — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:57:29 +0000

[...] to launch its own virtual currency.” But Facebook has been selling virtual gifts for a long time, even though CEO Mark Zuckerberg won’t talk about how much they are bringing in. Each virtual [...]

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Goodbye Atoms, Hello Bits « Virtual Goods Insider — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:50:34 +0000

[...] 18, 2008 in Social Networking, Virtual Gifts, Virtual Goods Exactly a year ago, Facebook started testing virtual gifts. Reaction to Facebook’s foray into virtual gifting was mostly negative, sometimes violently [...]

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Goodbye Atoms, Hello Bits « Virtual Goods Insider — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:32:59 +0000

[...] 18, 2008 in Uncategorized Exactly a year ago, Facebook started testing virtual gifts. Reaction to Facebook’s foray into virtual gifting was mostly negative, sometimes violently [...]

By: A Facebook Christmas « beanworks

A Facebook Christmas « beanworks — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:54:31 +0000

[...] of most popular product categories, but what’s not on the list may be in a five years: Virtual gifts given on sites like Facebook. At a dollar each, they’re a bargain that enable you to [...]

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Buy A Virtual Gift And Fight Malaria teasered @ Feed UP !! — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:06:17 +0000

[...] phenomenon to increase participation even further: virtual gifts. Facebook has been selling them since February this year. A number of unofficial virtual gift applications created by third parties have also [...]

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Fleuriste virtuel « Nouveau Monde — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:47:03 +0000

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Chun-Ting Chen’s Blog » 美國青少年最愛的網站：Facebook — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 04:53:32 +0000

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Babe Vs Babe Blog — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:38:26 +0000

Virtual gifts – why they just might work…

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By: B. Sharp

B. Sharp — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 02:05:47 +0000

This idea really did take off running. I gave away the first free gift then I saw two other people had sent me gifts and I had to reciprocate and before I knew it I spent two dollars in 15 seconds when I didn’t plan on spending any. Even girls were spending money on them. It was crazy! So it will be a great revenue generator for Facebook.

By: Levi

Levi — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:11:45 +0000

“this will be huge with the masses who spend $100’s per month on texting (sms) and name compatability with their boyfriends horoscopes etc etc”

That’s what I was thinking. A number of kids (or their parents) have disposable income and they are so used to spending it for cheesy, useless things. Facebook is just tapping into the cheesy, useless things market