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7 steps to shutting down a social media site

Laurel Papworth

Radar was born a short time later, and focused on delivering a real-time, mobile stream of pictures and conversation shared by you and your friends on any phone… long before the iPhone made this a far easier experience to develop. In one virtual world we opened up the gates to all the “scarce&# goodies.

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Facebook Credit: Zuckerberg next Treasurer of the Internet App2User

Laurel Papworth

Called Facebook “Credit&# it includes a real world component named, rather fetchingly, “App2User&# , which aims to encourage merchants and loyalty programs like Qantas Frequent Flyer points and Flybuys and whatnot to use the Facebook points social media system. Members use Facebook Credits to buy virtual goods on Facebook.

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