GREAT idea to spread the BTC gospel!! Give a very little bit away on facebook!!

[miken123]

On the Spanish board here on Bitcointalk.org there was a guy who said he'd give away .01 BTC to the first 100 people to reply to the thread with a simple phrase touting him to be a genie, and providing their address.

He had his own reasons for doing it but it gave me an idea:

If each of us gave away a very small amount of BTC on facebook to the first N responders, we could probably really build up interest in bitcoin.

Better yet - if we could set it up so that it really encourages present non-BTC people to set up a wallet, (and we could help show them how easy it is, etc.) then it'd be great for the at-large BTC community since we'd get a bunch of attention. 

what do you thinkg?

FYI: The giveaway thread I mentioned is here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=357120.0;topicseen   FWIW I did manage to catch it in time to get my .01 BTC from him, and it arrived this morning.  Who knows his ultimate intentions.

[XBBlade]

I think giving away free Bitcoins to follow you on Facebook will give an immense boost. But after you paid them they will 'unlike' you and you lose their attention. To create awareness: Awesome. To really get follows: No that awesome.

Maybe they should be rewarded over time or something. Just thinking out loud.

[miken123]

True - but this would be strictly to get people who aren't in bitcoin yet to get over that hump.
Preferably it would be for people who are already your friends (presuming you have some friends who don't do BTC yet).

It would NOT at all be for the sake of getting likes.

Thanks for responding.

Any other ideas?

[Chalkbot]

I offered free BTC to all my friends and family on Facebook some time ago, and recieved all of 3 replies. I can't convince anyone that BTC is a good idea, and I can't give them away. It was kind of sad, although if those 3 people are still holding the coins, they have hundreds of dollars worth.

[miken123]

I see. We'll that was then this is now --  with all the media buzz maybe they'll be easier to convince.

[CoinsForTech]

Bitcointip on reddit is another powerful way of spreading the word. If you guys post on reddit I would strongly recommend it.

[laowai80]

How would you check if it's people who have no clue about bitcoin/no wallet yet or who already do?

[jubalix]

this idea has merit

The only thing is, people who don't understand btc may not be sufficently motivated to learn about private keys, public keys etc etc...and so the loose it all.

You sort of have to be self motivated to really get into it. A lot of these BTC would be lost forever.

We still need a killer app for BTC