From what I understand, this feature originally came from the acquisition of a startup called Karma. I wonder what the acqui-hired employees are going to do now.
I'm still pissed off that this died off before there was an international roll-out. If my friends and I are all in the SF bay area, I'm going to get off my butt and give the gift in person and head out on the town to celebrate together.
The very use case I wanted for Facebook gifts were when I'm in California and want to send gifts to friends back in Canada (and vice versa).
Ditto -- this was a great idea, and I was hoping to see an international roll-out as well. I am an American living abroad (SE Asia) and often find it difficult to reconnect with my friends, so I've used it a few times in the past month, thankfully without any of issues/horror stories as described here.
Sure, maybe the gifts are cheesy (coffee mugs, etc) and limited, but I have always found that a real physical product in someone's hands has more impact than an impersonal gift card. I'm sad to see this service go, but I hope someone steps into this niche.
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From what I understand, this feature originally came from the acquisition of a startup called Karma. I wonder what the acqui-hired employees are going to do now.
Correct:
http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/18/facebook-acquires-karma/
http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/27/facebook-gifts/
The latter article is very funny in retrospect.
I'm still pissed off that this died off before there was an international roll-out. If my friends and I are all in the SF bay area, I'm going to get off my butt and give the gift in person and head out on the town to celebrate together.
The very use case I wanted for Facebook gifts were when I'm in California and want to send gifts to friends back in Canada (and vice versa).
Ditto -- this was a great idea, and I was hoping to see an international roll-out as well. I am an American living abroad (SE Asia) and often find it difficult to reconnect with my friends, so I've used it a few times in the past month, thankfully without any of issues/horror stories as described here.
Sure, maybe the gifts are cheesy (coffee mugs, etc) and limited, but I have always found that a real physical product in someone's hands has more impact than an impersonal gift card. I'm sad to see this service go, but I hope someone steps into this niche.