Facebook is testing a new virtual gifts program in which users give each other "credits" for posting messages or status updates that they like.
For example, if I write "going to L.A. for
the weekend" on my status update, my friends can choose to throw a few credits my way. One dollar buys you 100 credits.
TechCrunch's Michael Arrington says the project is "doomed to fail,"
because there's no obvious "real world parallel" to giving virtual credits offline. Facebook already has a virtual gifts product that allow users to send images of cupcakes on birthdays for around $1,
but even this is underperforming, Arrington says. "My strong guess is very few people will use this, I can't imagine someone saying 'nice status update, here's some fake money.'"
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