One Million Friends or One Million Dollars

Posted on 14. May, 2008 by in Business Advice

Ok, here is a big question for all online business owners…  Would you rather have$1 million dollars, or 1 million friends on something like Facebook or LinkedIn?

* The 1 million friends are all at least partially relevant to your niche.

8 Responses to “One Million Friends or One Million Dollars”

  1. M!hai @ Freshome

    14. May, 2008

    I take the money …they are much more easier to manage than 1.000.000 friends. And if you are thinking that you should sell something to those 1.000.000 “friends” that is called spam, nobody has the time and energy to have that number of friends.

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  2. David

    14. May, 2008

    1 million friends. If half of my friends would give me $10 for my birthday present I would make 5 million bucks.

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  3. Craig Dewe

    15. May, 2008

    The friends hands down. The social capital would be worth far more.

    And no you’re not selling something to those 1 million friends necessarily (unless it’s something they want). You just want them to tell other people about you and what you’re up to.

    With a headstart of that many friends, the word would spread practically instantly.

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  4. annalaurabrown

    18. May, 2008

    I’ll take the money. friends are great but money would be more useful especially since online friends can be difficult to really be friends with.

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  5. david

    18. May, 2008

    I take 1 million friends .. yes, money is good for short term, but in long term I can have more ideas from friends than from the money. who knows I got more than 1 million dollars from their ideas.

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  6. Arun

    18. May, 2008

    one million for sure. money and its appreciation will definitely connect me to important people. Besides, a million to stay in touch would be almost impossible.

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  7. Taylor

    20. May, 2008

    Shoot, I’d rather have the money. Friends betray you, money sticks around if you handle it properly.

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  8. Harry

    09. Jul, 2008

    Id take the money , it gets interest :P

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