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Re:Hoaxes and scams on Facebook: How most of them work and s... by goldenkey on Friday August 19, 2016 @08:42AM (#12319590)
People use what they got. Most businesses accept American Express. So people carry it in their wallets. Network effect. Facebook is a good meeting point. Its hard to be pedantic on things that literally will kill minor relationships.
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Re:Hoaxes and scams on Facebook: How most of them work and s... by hughperkins on Friday August 19, 2016 @08:54AM (#12319638)
Well, there's an opportunity. Five years ago, everyone in China used to use qq, which is kind of like Chinese Facebook: everything public. Then wechat came out, and now I never use qq any more, I mean, noone does.
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Re:Hoaxes and scams on Facebook: How most of them work and s... by mingfli on Friday August 19, 2016 @09:05AM (#12319675)
Both qq and wechat are owned by tencent.
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Re:Hoaxes and scams on Facebook: How most of them work and s... by hughperkins on Saturday August 20, 2016 @04:09PM (#12328124)
They are. Not sure that changes my point much? The user database/registration are entirely separate. There is no lockin being circumvented by virtue of both being tencent.
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