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It is possible to make one’s ledger and contacts private, but many users overlook these options ... I'm sorry, what? The default is to make all of my transactions public? What the absolute living f---.
When I scroll through my Venmo feed, all I see is "Mike paid Jen for pizza".
Young millennial male, every single person I know uses Venmo. IMO this article largely misses the point of the app. It's replaced cash/checks is all, it's not some huge social upheaval in the way we use money that needs to be analyzed. In my experience it's rarely used for splitting bills for dinner or picking up bar tabs (I can't remember the last time I went somewhere that wasn't able to split the bill on their end…
"every single person I know uses Venmo" How does that happen. I don't know a single person who uses Venmo. Not one. I know a lot of people and I work in Tech.
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Yeah, I second that it removes friction. I hate the "lets split the bill evenly"-approach. It makes me feel like I leech of others if I want something expensive, and the other way around if I'm not very hungry but have to pay for everybody else having three courses.
Can't you just get your own bill then? I feel like so many people make this to be way more of a deal than it needs to be.
The only time you might be able to get away with it is because you're going to order the 24oz sirloin and don't want to put that on other people. But that's a statement in a different direction and could come off as elitest or insulting.
Pay for what you order lessens this awkwardness.
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It does. (European, lived 8 years in the US in 2 installments of 4 years each).
In what way? Is small, easy P2P payments a solved problem in Europe?
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Weird. Perfectly normal for any groups I've ever eaten with. Easy to ask the server to split the bill.
>Perfectly normal for any groups I've ever eaten with. Easy to ask the server to split the bill. Try that with a group of 8-12 people, especially if they all want to be charged different amounts. Some places will do it, but many wont. A lot easier for one person to pay, and others to pay them back with cash (or one of the million free payment apps like Venmo).
I don't use this app and this article kind of explains why. If I go to dinner with friends, or anything, I'd rather pick up the check than worry about splitting it. The next time, they'll pickup the tab, and so forth. That's what friends do. I don't know if I'd want to go out with someone who is going to bill me for it later, or wants to use an app to split things up. For me it just makes things superficial, awkward,…
Ever been a college student?
https://github.com/AustinWise/DinnerKillPoints/
The heart of the system is a bill splitter:
https://github.com/AustinWise/DinnerKillPoints/blob/db54eec9...
And some simple graph algorithms to analyze the debt-graph and render the results with GraphViz:
https://github.com/AustinWise/DinnerKillPoints/blob/db54eec9...
Yes, maybe I'm generalizing a bit too much, but you're usually asked if the bill will be split if you're obviously looking like a couple. I'm leaning towards preferring that way. I've no problems buying friends a beer or two, but a) I don't want to be overthinking what I am gonna eat and drink if the bill will be split evenly (like in other countries) and b) sometimes there's really people I don't want to subsidize (e.g. coworkers instead of friends).
One friend of mine will regularly pay for group dinners or events and Venmo each person their share. He does this so he can get rewards/points on his card.