Comments on: Facebook credits: Brilliant, Evil or Brilliantly Evil? http://xyfu.bumblebeelabs.com/facebook-credits-brilliant-evil-or-brilliantly-evil/ Michael's Personal Design Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Amit Seshan http://xyfu.bumblebeelabs.com/facebook-credits-brilliant-evil-or-brilliantly-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-8654 Amit Seshan Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:15:16 +0000 http://blog.bumblebeelabs.com/?p=584#comment-8654 Hi, I discovered your blog through you comment on Ribbon Farm. Really enjoying your posts, esp the Mech Turk analysis and the Dunning Kruger doubleckick. On this Facebook credits thing, Dan Arielly covers (in Predictably Irrational) what happens when we move a transaction from a social norm into a market norm (e.g. trying to offer to pay your mom-in-law for a Thanksgiving Turkey, and irking her by forcing her to evaluate your evaluation of her social gift to you), and how this permanently destroys some of the altruism innate in friendly interactions (which you call "the ambiguity that keeps friendships running smoothly). <br><br>This is a very interesting move by Fbook, and could be parlayed into all kinds of micropayments, virtual goods, gifts and other "materialistic" status markers" that crystallize the net worth of someone's social network.<br><br>Nice blog - provocative, and well written. Keep them coming Hi, I discovered your blog through you comment on Ribbon Farm. Really enjoying your posts, esp the Mech Turk analysis and the Dunning Kruger doubleckick. On this Facebook credits thing, Dan Arielly covers (in Predictably Irrational) what happens when we move a transaction from a social norm into a market norm (e.g. trying to offer to pay your mom-in-law for a Thanksgiving Turkey, and irking her by forcing her to evaluate your evaluation of her social gift to you), and how this permanently destroys some of the altruism innate in friendly interactions (which you call “the ambiguity that keeps friendships running smoothly).

This is a very interesting move by Fbook, and could be parlayed into all kinds of micropayments, virtual goods, gifts and other “materialistic” status markers” that crystallize the net worth of someone's social network.

Nice blog – provocative, and well written. Keep them coming

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