LIKE is becoming the new currency

by TelexTape

Posted: 13 years ago 9 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

Just saw an ad that said:

For every new "Like", Iams will donate a bowl of food to a pet in need.

Wonder how long till someone creates an app that's tied to your shopper card that will automatically "LIKE" a Facebook page for shopper points?

Anyone see any other ways that LIKE might get out of hand?

#currency

CDarklock 13 years ago

"Attention is the currency of the future." - David Shapiro
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- Ryan Johnson 13 years ago
  
  What happened to the dislike category?
  
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- eQuus 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by CDarklock
  
  "Attention is the currency of the future." - David Shapiro
  
  There won't be any future because humanity can't deal with, nor accept, the mutation of homo sapiens into homo IMers.
  
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Mukul Verma 13 years ago

Dislikes is less liked currency.
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mclpro 13 years ago

Yup, and that's why we're trying to sell our own version!

Promo Products + QR Codes = Facebook Likes » McLoughlin | Promotional Marketing Done Right.
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kimkay 13 years ago

"Attention is the currency of the future." - David Shapiro

That is a great response...for some reason I don't have a Thanks button active or I would have thanked you for that.
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Nick Brighton 13 years ago

The only thing that worries me about social media, is that it is being manipulated for capitalistic reason.

Not the good kind, where someone likes your product and wants to tell their friends about it, but the nasty kind, where a company bribes its audience to like their stuff in return for more free stuff.

It's a bit like to people who pay douche bags on fiver to write reviews or comment positively on their videos. Sad, manipulative and overall ruining the landscape of free speech, one dollar at a time.
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Ryan Johnson 13 years ago

A better idea would be to have a star rating system like everyone else uses.

The "like" button is so generic, meaningless, and overused. Do you think that the people with 5-10000 friends have a problem hitting the like button on every page?
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- TelexTape 13 years ago
  
  A better idea would be to have a star rating system like everyone else uses.
  
  I agree but without a dislike button there's nothing to measure against. It will be abused to no end.
  
  I do find it amazing how different I think it's popularity would be if the button said vote instead (as in way less.)
  
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