Re:Square Could Pass Twitter in Value
by wonder_bread on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @04:23PM
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'Venmo' itself has become a verb rather than just a service so I doubt either of them have the necessary momentum to take these services to anything more than nominal levels of volume relative to the market lead
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Re:Square Could Pass Twitter in Value
by sidegrid on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @08:38PM
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What's a Venmo?
Re:Square Could Pass Twitter in Value
by whostolemyhat on Thursday October 26, 2017 @06:55AM
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> "Venmo has essentially eliminated the use of checks for our generation"
I've literally never heard of Venmo before now
My gut feeling is that whether you are familiar with the popular cash sharing apps really depends on your social circle. Among young people/students etc, not surprisingly I see a TON of Venmo users. Among adults with steady reasonable paying jobs, not so much. I've seen Venmo reguarly used as a Verb in social media too.
I know for me personally I'm far more likely to say "you get it next time" than bill my friends for some share of an outing. If it's sufficiently expensive that this doesn't make sense I'd just split the check. If I was younger and still a student I can absolutely see the appeal though.