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People using Venmo to spy on cheating spouses
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Re: People using Venmo to spy on cheating spouses
#112So by default it doesn't say how much you pay or what for... is it supposed to be kinda weirdly mysterious?
Also it's kinda funny how money is being used to track cheating here. Outside splitting a bill (we just split it then and there) ... I can't imagine any transactions were tied directly to my SO as in handing over money... maybe that is a generational thing.
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#113Earlier quoted context omitted.
Especially when “the wrong word could get you in trouble”: https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_571f8057e4b01a5ebde34b97/...
It is so ridiculous that the comment for a payment would be used against someone. Writing jokes in the 'for' line on a check is a time honored tradition when paying your friends money. I don't want to live in a world where I am not allowed to make jokes because it might get me a visit from the FBI.
Too late, you already live in that world.
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#114Earlier quoted context omitted.
I used to write vulgar stuff in the memo line like “hookers” or “blow”. Stupid college shit. One day my bank called me and said if I did it again they’d cancel my account. I asked the rep her name and promised to stop... I wrote “fuck you sarah” for two years until I changed banks.
What an odd thing for a bank to do, police how someone uses a memo line in a check. At least you got your revenge on them.
I wouldn't be surprised if they had to file a suspicious activity report for every one of those checks.
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#115Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you mean sending money to prostitutes? I try to avoid those on Tinder.
No, I mean sending money to women.
I'm confused about the distinction. You send women money you are hooking up with, you advertise to other women that if they hook up with you, you will also send them money. Very fine line you are drawing. Not judging, good for you!
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#116When I first created a Venmo account, I was shocked to see users' payments flowing through my feed and immediately found a way to make my payments private. But I could never find a way to effectively unlink the social media account (FB) that I had used to find my first friend/payee. I think I unlinked the account, but I still see payments from all the people that Venmo made me follow as a result of linking the now-un…
I'm utterly perplexed that Venmo is even a thing. When I first started hearing about it maybe 5-6 years ago, I just figured, I already have PayPal and Square Cash, I'm too old, nobody I know uses Venmo, why bother. I've mostly ignored that it existed except occasionally hearing (usually younger) folks talking about it. A couple of months ago I was telling some people at work that I'm too old for it, and Square Cash w…
Every generation throws their own hero up the pop charts.
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#117Every time I encounter venmo whoever has it usually apologizes for it and explains that you can turn the weird social stuff off. If that's the case, then what's the point? Moreover, it demonstrates that the people who made it have weird philosophies on things. What other choices have they made that I don't know of, can't turn off and would disagree with? Square Cash is great, btw. No bloat, very simple, does what you…
Square Cash may have less bloat and a far nicer UI, but it charges a percentage for instant deposit, while Venmo has a flat $0.25 fee. So when you don't want to wait three days to get the money to your bank account, you grit your teeth and use Venmo.
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#118Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was one of the early adopters of Venmo. Here's my take on it: * Venmo launched the first out of all the systems you mentioned * Venmo was one of the few (maybe only) system that allows you to pay users who are not on their system. Say you need to pay Joe and you were a Venmo user but Joe wasn't. You could still "pay" them on venmo and they would get a text back saying if they signed up they would get the payment. N…
PayPal was doing most of this years ago - and keeping your transactions private...
PayPal didn't have a decent mobile app and it charged for all card transactions (credit or debit).
If i'm sitting in a restaurant with friends, I'm not going to ask each of them for their email/paypal IDs so I can charge them when you can already get that info in venmo.
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#119It boggles my mind that anyone would want to stream their payment history publicly.
Technically, that the thing with Bitcoin and other blockchain currencies
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#120People who like the social feature of venmo: Can you explain why you enjoy monitoring financial transactions between your friends? I'm genuinely perplexed. Is this just a new norm that's emerging in our culture? In my circle of friends, this behavior would be, at least, uninteresting, and at most, intrusive.