On Facebook Applications

You know, the ones that say "invite 10 people to find out the results of your quiz!" Normally, with quizzes this isn't so bad, because most people aren't going to respond to your invitation. But what happens when you come to something actually fun? Isn't there a limited number of people that can be invited?

I mean, suppose person A invites person B, who then in turn invites person C. This goes on and on. The number of people on the Earth is not infinite, now, is it? Who does the 6,500,000,000th person invite? Do they just not get to play the game? Isn't this discrimination by whoever sees the opportunity first?

It's just like a pyramid scheme. For those unfamiliar or unsure of what I'm talking about, Person A gets persons B, C, and D to contribute $100 into a business project, and gets $50 in kickbacks. Then each of them gets three more people in, who contribute $100 each, for $900. Person A gets a $25 kickback, because they were less directly involved--still a nice sum of $225. Persons B, C, and D get $100 for each person brought into the scheme. If you extend this pyramid to infinity, everyone makes money--but there isn't an infinite number of people on the planet. Someone eventually loses $100 they don't make back. And going by the shape of the pyramid, there are a lot more people who lose $100 than who get rich.

I guess I'm trying to say it's ridiculous. There. Now I want in!