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by Dean Takahashi

Scrapblog, a photo sharing site for scrapbook fans, is launching a Facebook app dubbed Share the Love today. The cool thing about it is that is an example of “game-ification,” where a non-game app incorporates game-like features.

Scrapblog was, until recently, a Miami-based company that operated a stand-alone web site dedicated to scrapbook fans. It launched a very interesting virtual goods application. Users could post their photos and incorporate them into online scrapbooks that they could share with friends.

That was pretty standard. But the company went a step further, allowing users to purchase cool decorations for their scrapbooks using a virtual currency known as credits. You can purchase a  virtual credit with a credit card and alternative payment systems such as special offers from Trial Pay.....

Read more at  -  http://games.venturebeat.com/2010/02/09/scrapblog-launches-share-the-love-facebook-app-for-scrapbook-fans/