uSocial is a controversial advertising company that specializes in social media. For a fee, it promises to get stories on the front page of Digg, direct followers to a Twitter account, and/or find someone Facebook fans (among other things). But Facebook's put at least a temporary stop to the sale of friends.
Australian online advertising firm, uSocial wants to help companies get more friends on Facebook by making them pay to attract members.
"Facebook is an extremely effective marketing tool," said Leon Hill, uSocial CEO. "The simple fact is that with a large following on Facebook, you have an instant and targeted group of people you can contact and promote whatever it is you want to promote."
"The only problem is that it can be extremely difficult to achieve such a following, which is where we come in," added Hill.
It seems that Twitter may be taking a stand against the practice of selling followers for cash. uSocial, an Australian company that became rather infamous for trying something similar with Digg, has apparently been directed to stop spamming the microblogging site.
The United States Marines, the Mormon Church, and the Korean Department of Tourism are all paying Australian-based uSocial to game Digg.com for them, according to a blog post at the Los Angeles Times.
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