Can I throw in "Clearly, Facebook is in the end-stages of negotiation to acquire Groupon!"? I mean, as long as we're all staring at tea leaves, let's have some fun.
Actually, a partnership with a current deals site I think would be a great idea. Facebook can bring in an audience for free but not have to worry about finding deals.
Can't imagine Facebook would partner with a site. They'd probably try to buy it and then intrgrate it as a feature in Facebook itself.
Stack Overflow?
Re:Facebook shuts down Deals
by benologist on Sunday August 28, 2011 @12:45AM
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They partnered with those geolocation sites didn't they?
Re:Facebook shuts down Deals
by notahacker on Saturday August 27, 2011 @10:39PM
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I look at it the other way round: either it's an indication Facebook believes that check-in deals will prove vastly more lucrative than what is essentially a digital equivalent of untargeted coupons you cut out of magazines, or a scathing indictment of Facebook's failure to generate non-trivial revenue from this type of promotion despite arguably the best platform in the world for running it.
It will be interesting to see if any more details come out, and if it's possible at all to establish which interpretation is closer to the truth.