Sep 27, 2011
If the real stock market is too scary for you these days, as it is for a lot of people, you still have some recourse to the thrill of investment without having to risk all your real money in online forex trading, thanks to Empire Avenue, the Social Stock Market. In this safe, virtual world you can grow social capital online. Social capital is imaginary currency associated with new and interesting peoples’ social networking profiles. You can invest your virtual currency in others’ profiles by buying “shares” in the Social Stock Market. The really fun thing is, you build connections with people as you continue to grow your own social capital. Instead of worrying about losing out on that big buyout of Japanese Yen when the quote was tad too high, you have nothing to lose at Empire Avenue, and you stand to gain some exciting new friends. This is a great game. Chris Pirillo has a few glowing words of his own for the game in the video below, and we all know Chris is The Uber Geek Extraordinaire. Besides, this is a much better bet than playing with real stocks or currencies right now in an unstable market. Enjoy!
