Seriously? Ads?

> People will think twice about losing their ‘Facebook Credit Score’ over a few $ for an online presence they spent (literally) years building and cultivating.

Which keeps them from using that hypothetical service, because they don't want to risk losing the account over a transaction that went wrong.

Or maybe not. Who knows?

Re: Seriously? Ads?

#6

Post by Kiro » Wed, May 30, 2012, 12:57 PM UTC

DanLivesHere wrote: post #4

Too late, I think. Facebook has scared off a lot of the "moms" out there by their bad bad bad privacy history. Do you really want to pay for things using their service?

I'm pretty sure my mom has no issues with Facebook's privacy history.

Re: Seriously? Ads?

#7

Post by zdw » Wed, May 30, 2012, 12:58 PM UTC

Seriously? Linking your checking account with Facebook?

It would definitely be the next step in user lock-in, but you'd start competing with banks and everyone else who offers a way to pay.

Now, I wouldn't complain if they bought some "bypass the credit card companies" service like Dwolla...

Re: Seriously? Ads?

#8

Post by viraptor » Wed, May 30, 2012, 12:59 PM UTC

I really don't want that to happen. Sure, it may be a good idea for them, but I'm already tired of services that won't let me register without a Facebook account. When it comes to payment, they better have a good alternative available.

With credit cards we have a number of "hidden alternatives". We've got multiple processors, multiple card companies, etc. It's a number of layers there. With Facebook and Paypal... you're not able to pay when they say you're not able to pay (or be paid). They're not even controlled banks, so there's little you can do about some issues.

Think about all the problems when Google cut someone off and didn't provide any way of contacting them. Do you have a good way to contact Paypal, or Facebook now? (besides forms that result in canned responses) What are the incentives for changing it?

Re: Seriously? Ads?

#9

Post by slig » Wed, May 30, 2012, 12:59 PM UTC

DanLivesHere wrote: post #4

Too late, I think. Facebook has scared off a lot of the "moms" out there by their bad bad bad privacy history. Do you really want to pay for things using their service?

Maybe the subset of moms that frequents reddit and HN.

Re: Seriously? Ads?

#10

Post by msy » Wed, May 30, 2012, 1:03 PM UTC

Why not, it worked out so well for Google with their deep search history, world-beating teams of big data specialists, deep pockets and massive Gmail/Gapps userbase... http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-21/google-said-to-reth...