Friday, March 11, 2011

Why get your friend a real gift... when it can be a virtual gift?!

I recently went shopping at Target with my brother and my father. In the electronics section, I was stunned to see Facebook gift cards are now available for consumer purchase. There are some Facebook gift cards valued at $50!

Here is a link to a USA Today article which speaks of this in greater detail:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2010-09-01-target01_ST_N.htm

I think that Facebook is slowly becoming more and more about making money than about helping people to connect with others. Personally, I would much rather have a friend buy me a real cupcake, one which exists in real life that I can actually eat as opposed to receiving a virtual cupcake as a gift that exists only on my Facebook page. 


So I was wondering...what do you guys think? 

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2 comments:

  1. KeeganMarch 11, 2011 at 10:24 PM

    interesting post. i was shocked as well to see that one can get a gift card for Facebook (i was tempted to get one for a buddy as a gag gift but realized it would be a waste of money). i'm shocked to see how a person would want to spend real money on Facebook money. you brought up the real cupcake vs a virtual cupcake..good point. i doubt that many people would throughly enjoy a virtual cupcake the same way as a real cupcake. sure it's a nice gesture but there's other things that are better & without the need of Facebook credits. you mention how it's becoming more for profit then it's original goal of connecting people but now is strayed away. it's sad to say it's true but i'm sure we all saw it coming. this is quite similar to how Myspace was & now is.

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  2. Evan ClarkMarch 12, 2011 at 12:49 PM

    Now I want a cupcake...

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