Wasimkadak sends this quote from an article at Forbes:
"Facebook's 27-year-old founder, Mark Zuckerberg, isn't usually act in the same breath as Ben Bernanke, the 58-year-old head of the Federal Reserve. But Facebook's early adventures in the money-creating work are going well enough that the central-bank examination gets tempting. ... Initially, the Credits-based economy was confined to the virtual world’s trifles. Credits could be spent to buy fantastical gold bars for aficionados of Mafia Wars, or bouquets of virtual flowers for raw postings on friends’ Facebook accounts. This new form of digital money was cute but fundamentally useless for predominant activities. Lately Credits have become more intriguing. Warner Brothers this summer offered movie-goers a chance to watch Harry Potter and The Dark Knight for 30 Credits apiece. Miramax and primary countered with film-viewing offers, too. In a provocative post this week on Inside Facebook, guest blogger Peter Vogel argues that Credits in the next few years will become more of a true currency. Facebook's 800 million planetary


copyrights:cite this source synonym collection v1.1copyright © 2008 by lexico publishing group users show a lot of buying power. He figures Credits could evolve into business mainstays for digital movies and music."

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