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on March 24, 2011
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Startup Offering a Virtual Girlfriend on Facebook
Virtual social proof. An ePivot. Pre-selection DHV as a service. I love it.
eof
on March 24, 2011
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This is clearly the value here.. not the interaction itself, but the social status of having some hot babe liking all your status updates.
VladRussian
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to the extent that after some time you may start believing in her existence. Human mind can do wonders ... to itself.
pohl
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...and well beyond that extent. Social proof is a NOP sled for escalating sexual privileges in another mind, too.
VladRussian
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wrt. self-escalating feedback cycle i liked this experiment
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2008-06-03-birds-testos...
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