This article is mostly about Facebook and it's virtual gifts.
"computer-generated items given and displayed online -- are quickly becoming must-haves. And increasingly, people are willing to pay cold, hard, real-life cash to purchase them for friends, family and co-workers."
"For the person who gets the gift, it is like a badge of honor," says Dave Coffey, who tracks online trends for Sapient, a Florida-based marketing company."
Since they were introduced in February, Facebook says its users have purchased more than 24 million of these dollar items, which are sold in limited editions to generate more interest.
My personal opinion on all of this...STUPID face book has made millions of of this. The weirdest thing is people are actully paying for it. I have a face book and I though that they were interesting so I sent one to a friend (it was free) when i went to send one to another friend they were charging me $1 and asking for my credit card information (the first one was complimentry i guess) and I quit that real fast no way is facebook getting a buck from me I have better things to spend my money on even if it is just a dollar.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/12/04/virtual.gifts.ap/index.html
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