Most significantly, we’ve recently heard from multiple industry sources that Facebook has been meeting with a number of large application developers — especially the big social gaming companies that already have their own lucrative virtual currency systems — and talking about making Credits mandatory. Facebook, we assume, would continue to allow other virtual currencies to co-exist alongside Credits, assuming it does generally move in this direction.
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Facebook Talking to Developers About New Plans for Its Virtual Currency Sawickipedia: Please note the word “Mandatory” in the above quote. Facebook now owns app advertising and will soon own currency. App developers you are forewarned. As @rafer and I have oft noted, treat Facebook as your friend at your own risk. They make no bones about being in the game for their own benefit. |
