We all know Facebook, or atleast heard from it. You love it or you hate it. I am completly addicted to Facebook. Its the first thing I check in the morning, before I get out of bed, and its the last thing I see before I go to bed. My life consists of updating my status, writing on people’s wall, and replying to wall posts. Its probalely about 80% worth of my social network. Conclusion: I couldn’t live without it.
My personal Facebook page
Recently I red an article on RealWire about a new version of the popular Facebook application: GetThemIn. This application consists of a virtual bar, where you can buy your “Facebook Friend” a real drink. The friend will receive a voucher code, and can pick up a drink at a local liquor store. At the moment this application is only available for the UK Facebook users.
Jay Feeney, Founder of GetThemIn explains: “Virtual gifts have proven to be hugely popular on Facebook and we’ve taken this one step further with the GetThemIn application. People can now buy their friends virtual gifts that can easily be exchanged for the real thing. With a GetThemIn participating store within ten minutes of most people in the UK, it’s a really innovative yet simple way of marking a special occasion with a drink between friends,”
Promotion Video of GetThemIn
Personally, I am concerned about the ethical reasons behind this. Is it a smart thing to make a virtual Facebook bar, a real case senario? If you want to buy somebody a drink, why not just go to a bar, and actually meet the person and buy them a drink? Atlest then you are sure, the person is above 18. The whole point of buying somebody a drink, is to sociolise (in real life then).
Maybe in a few months, we can buy pets through Facebook. Who knows?
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