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Re:The first physical Facebook fan counter for local businesses by bluthru on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @02:45PM (#5979912)
It was a really smart decision to eschew a LCD or LED display. The old-school flip display really humanizes the numbers.
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Re:The first physical Facebook fan counter for local businesses by bdamm on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @07:24PM (#5981384)
What happens when a business makes a bad choice and people "unlike" en-masse? Does the counter go backwards?

Probably this has not happened much, but I do "unlike" businesses when they start to get quite spammy.

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Re:The first physical Facebook fan counter for local businesses by awy on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @10:13PM (#5982039)
I'm pretty sure those flip things don't like to go backwards. So I'd assume an unlike would just freeze the number and absorb the next like.
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Re:The first physical Facebook fan counter for local businesses by joezydeco on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @10:43PM (#5982120)
The digits can spin independently. The computer driving the display can go "backwards" by just advancing the digits until the correct one is shown.
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