Tech in Asia

"Facebook has threatened legal action against a service that sells friends on the social networking site." I was so pleased when I first read about this. For those who don't know what USocial is, it is a firm that allows users to buy (eek!) Facebook and Twitter friends/followers. For just $87, you can get 1,000 Twitter followers. Great creativity but buying "friends" just ain't right. Whether it is from the user or business point of view, I see little use of such services. Okay, maybe it does create some artificial buzz but ...

A controversial company, Usocial is "selling" social media friends and fans; causing it to be in the spotlight of many blogs and news channels. For $654.30, Usocial will deliver 5000 new friends to your Facebook account. Pay $1167.30 to double that number. Will you buy your Facebook fans? I definitely won't and here are 5 reasons why you shouldn't. 1. All quantity but no quality There is no point in having 10,000 fans where only a small percentage of them are interacting with your brand. The very basis of social media marketing is to engage ...