Comments on: Buddy Media buys Facebook apps from widget-maker ChipIn

By: Buddy Media launches another “social media” ad network, raises $6.5M » VentureBeat

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:31:45 +0000

[...] York-based Buddy Media, the maker of virtual Facebook currency “Acebucks,” bought a set of small applications built by ChipIn, last January, in a bid to grow bigger in the face of [...]

By: MIchael Lazerow

MIchael Lazerow — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:44:49 +0000

Thanks for the coverage. “Tiny” is really relative. There are 11K+ applications on Facebook, according to the Facebook directory. Less than 1% of those have the traffic of the ChipIn portfolio. Most importantly, this was a part-time gig for ChipIn. We do this full time and will be breathing new life into them with AceBucks integration and new versions of the games. I know many professional web sites that would love to get 50K+ users to their site each day! Thanks again for the coverage.

By: jon

jon — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:41:03 +0000

very pertinent article for all of us working on soc.net apps…thanks!