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How viral is too viral?
http://tomaskohl.com/ blog/ 2008/ 05/ 09/ how-viral-is-too-viral/
Imagine this: you walk into a bookstore, pick a title, walk up to the cashier’s desk only to be told you have to woo 8 other customers into purchasing the same book, otherwise - no deal. Ludicrous? Facebook apps do that. I’ve given one, What’s your real age? or somesuch, 5 minutes of my time, only to realize they wouldn’t reveal my “real age” to me unless I signed up 8 of my “friends”. At that time, I’ve only had 6 of them there, and wouldn’t bother any of them. Sure, it’s a *free* app, free in the sense I don’t have to pay with my money. But I still had to pay with my time, which is of infinite value since I’ll die one day.
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