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"It's Mary's birthday in 3 days - send her a birthday cupcake?" I would probably click "yes" if it's Not for every FB 'friend', but there's a 'sufficiently close' threshold where, yes, I'd click that button. Even better if it's day-of fulfillment. And I bet I'm not alone.
I don't see anyone else mentioning this, but this is probably the rebranded version of this year's acquisition, Karma Science.
"[...] We looked so hard that we found a company called Karma who quite literally dreamt about social gifting. Lee Linden and Ben Lewis, their vision, and their team, impressed us so much that we acquired their company, and four months later, we're ready to unveil what they've been working on."
Much as it's nice receiving the smallest personal message from someone you haven't spoken to, I am a touch jaded at how automatic birthday reminders are. Can you tell? :)
Facebook as payment system? I still don't have enough confidence on how secure their system is. Also, sharing home address with them is not a smart move.
It's 2012. Credit card companies repeatedly said you're responsible for $0 of unauthorized charges. Vendors have to be PCI-compliant. What other provisions would make you more comfortable regarding transacting online?
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Looks like you can swap it out: https://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=226108584182842#How-do-I-... ?
Would be interesting if they also added a pooling feature, where if you get multiple gifts, you can combine the original costs of all of them to get something nicer.
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You were pro-active and took steps to remember the birthdays by sticking them on your calendar. It's different from clicking on a link because Facebook remembered someone's birthday.
Why? Not many people remember many peoples' birthdays: I know that because of Facebook I don't need to proactively ask for and store most friends' birthdays because I'll be actively reminded of them.
Not to say that you're less thoughtful for using Facebook reminders; it just seems to promote shallow interactions at times.
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Looks like you can swap it out: https://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=226108584182842#How-do-I-... ?
Would be interesting if they also added a pooling feature, where if you get multiple gifts, you can combine the original costs of all of them to get something nicer.