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I don't think inviting your friends and get a reward should be tied to Zynga (and/or frowned upon) - this tactic has been used by many companies, ie: Dropbox. I personally like it.

It's Zynga's pay-to-win/continue concept that I have a problem with. That's the reason why I think Zynga is 'evil'.

Dropbox offers more of a functional reward, vs. the more intangible, arbitrary rewards that Zynga offers.

That and using their size to rip off the designs of smaller companies:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zynga#Intellectual_property_con...

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