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Unofficial Brand Applications on Facebook

Posted 17 March 2008 | By | Categories: Social Media | 386 Comments

An interesting new phenomenon is emerging in social media: the unofficial brand app. In this age of file sharing and remixing, it’s not uncommon for people to appropriate content for personal expression or consumption. But these are quite different than fan pages or shared MP3s. These are deliberate business ventures and they raise interesting issues [...]