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uSocial selling Facebook friends by the thousands
By Chloe Lake, Technology Editor
NEWS.com.au
September 03, 2009 12:30pm
AN Australian company is offering to sell off Facebook friends by the thousands in a controversial scheme designed to expose users to online marketing. uSocial, a Brisbane-based company, is best known for buying votes on social news service Digg, selling followers on Twitter, and running large marketing campaigns on social media.
Now it is selling off friends and fans on Facebook, in batches of 1000 to 10,000 for prices from $197 to $1297 - or roughly between $0.12 and $0.20. uSocial founder and chief executive Leon Hill told news.com.au the "friends" were not spam accounts, but users who have been personally approached by his company.
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By Chloe Lake, Technology Editor
NEWS.com.au
September 03, 2009 12:30pm
AN Australian company is offering to sell off Facebook friends by the thousands in a controversial scheme designed to expose users to online marketing. uSocial, a Brisbane-based company, is best known for buying votes on social news service Digg, selling followers on Twitter, and running large marketing campaigns on social media.
Now it is selling off friends and fans on Facebook, in batches of 1000 to 10,000 for prices from $197 to $1297 - or roughly between $0.12 and $0.20. uSocial founder and chief executive Leon Hill told news.com.au the "friends" were not spam accounts, but users who have been personally approached by his company.
More about:
http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,...5014239,00.html