Facebook
India is currently running a promotion in the country, under which
every new signup from social network's mobile website will get Rs. 50
talk-time. The social giant is also offering the same talk time if anyone signs
up via your referral.
The
promotion, which seems to have gone live around ten days ago, does not seem
like a potent strategy and will only add to more fake profiles on the social
network.
On one hand,
the company seems to be worried about fake profiles and had recently reported
the number to be as high as 83 million and on the other hand, it is launching
offers which are likely to bring in more fake users rather than genuine ones.
New users
will have to go to this link to
sign up and get the free talk time, which will be credited to their account in
three days, notes Facebook on the signup page. The free talk time offer is not
valid for existing users.
New users
don't even need email address to register a new account, and will only need a mobile
number that is not already associated with any other Facebook account.
Though
details aren't available, Facebook would have likely tied up with a recharge
service to provide the talk time to new users.
The social
giant had recently crossed 1 billion monthly active users mark and is
now focussing on developing countries like Brazil, India, and Mexico to get
more users, as it struggles to get viable revenue sources in post-IPO era.
Facebook
Mobile free Talk Time Link: http://m.facebook.com/tt
Source : http://gadgets.ndtv.com/
Last Updated Date: October 18, 2012
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