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Re:Venmo Five Years Ago by harryh on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @01:34PM (#10427002)
I am 37. My last couple venmo transactions:

  Paying off a bet about who would become CEO of twitter
  Paying someone for my portion of a bar tab.
  Fantasy Football league dues
  Receiving money from someone for their portion of a bar tab
  Paying someone for movie tickets
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Re:Venmo Five Years Ago by dplgk on Thursday October 22, 2015 @12:55PM (#10433297)
Why not use PayPal? No fees? Less friction?
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Re:Venmo Five Years Ago by harryh on Thursday October 22, 2015 @04:07PM (#10434703)
Venmo is way easier to use. Hence all of my friends use it, so there is a powerful network effect.
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