Gamble your Twitter Followers? Oh Twitter! It has finally come to this

It is just like the real-life bet. You enter the gambling room and you are sweating. You took your hand near your pocket but take out no currency. You have grown unruly. You treat your Twitter followers as currency and bet them. Your conscience speaks – “Oh Twitter! Has it really come to this?” and I say “Yes!!” (unfortunately).

Well, what I am talking about is not ethics but Twitter. I recently came across a Twitter app that attracted me towards itself as well as forced me to ask myself a question – “Has it really come to this?”. The twitter app I am talking about is BetYourFollowers.com.

BetYourFollowers.com? Is it real?

BetYourFollowers is a Twitter game that lets you gamble your followers as currency. Now for the question – “Is it really a gamble? Do I really lose or win followers?” and the answer is (unfortunately)- “Yes”. It is real and you surely gain and lose followers on gambling. You chose up to 5 of your followers to bet in a game and then you play it. If you win, you gain up to 5 followers and if you lose, you lose up to 5 followers.

How do we play this game (or whatever you call it)?

Go to www.BetYourFollowers.com and sign in with your Twitter account. Authenticate BetYourFollowers.com to use your Twitter account using Twitter OAuth. Choose which followers you want to bet and start shaking it like a polaroid picture. Battle against other Twitter users. If you defeat them, you win followers and if you lose, you lose followers. You can select to bet up to 5 followers in a game.

What I might win?

You will win followers if you win the game. Your followers counter will start showing greater numbers and you may even find some new friends.

What if I lose followers?

The followers you lost can always chose to re-follow you. Ask them politely and they might follow you again. But in case you wagered @anddjournal (that’s me!), he may never follow you again.

Is it ethical?

I have no idea about how to deal with it – is it a game or an act showing degradation of web friendship? My twitter friends and followers are dear to me and I can’t even think of wagering them. When I first went to the BetYourFollowers.com website, I thought to play the game and I did so (perhaps it is my inquisitive nature that forced me to play the game). I won it. But I was constantly thinking of whether it was ethical for me to play it. After the game got over and after I got 5 more followers following me, I finally decided that I shall wager my friends no more.

My twitter and web friends are like my real-life friends. My Twitter followers and friends share my success and my pain. How can I put them on a silly bet?? As for you, you are wiser than me and I believe that you can decided yourself better.

Is BetYourFollowers.com a BAD Twitter App?

No. Not at all. I did not mean that. It is a fantastic piece of web technology and the guys at Bubble Fusion Labs have worked really hard to make it. I appreciate their effort. My point is simply that the Twitter friends are like real friends. If you can bet your real-life friends, only then bet your Twitter friends..!!

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