image thumb115 While Facebook couldnt save TipJoys life, it did hire its co founder Ivan Kirigin

With the last rights been given to TipJoy, its co-founder has found a new home as Facebook hired Ivan Kirigin. Reports state that Facebook had earlier shown interest in acquiring TipJoy for around $5 Million before it walked away from the deal. Not sure what the reason was (perhaps it had spent too much on acquiring FriendFeed). As for Kirigin, we aren’t sure what are his responsibilities going to be at Facebook, but at least someone has things settled before the company fell to death.