Facebook Wants Your Credit Card Numbers
Unlike some other titans of consumer tech -- namely, Apple and Amazon -- Facebook has a vast wealth of data about all of us but relatively few credit cards.
Facebook's $1 messages: One more way to get your credit card
(Credit: Facebook)Facebook, which began the year with a reputation for caring more about its users than about making a buck, is ending the year with the rollout of yet another way to try to squeeze more money from its members.
This latest money-making effort comes with a revamp of its popular Messages service -- that part of Facebook through which you can message/e-mail your "friends" and, in fact, those who aren't your friends. What's changing -- and a spokesman describes it to CNET as a "small experiment" -- is that Facebook will start charging some people for messages they want to send to people they're not friends with.
The $1 cost seems steep just to shoot someone a message, but no matter. Facebook will surely drop the price if no one uses it. But the bigger point: This latest "test" shows that Facebook, eager to prove to Wall Street that it's building a cash-generating empire, is looking for more ways to add revenue streams not tied to advertising and, importantly, is trying to get more user credit cards on file.
(Credit: Screenshot by Donna Tam/CNET)Unlike some other titans of consumer tech -- namely, Apple and Amazon -- Facebook has a vast wealth of data about all of us but relatively few credit cards. Most of the credit card numbers it has -- a number it won't disclose -- it's accumulated from people who play games and pay up for virtual items. But that's far from enough for Facebook's ambitions.
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Permalink Reply by Epinoia on
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Facebook 'cashing in on mums-to-be by selling information about due dates and babies' genders
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2251415/Facebook-cashing-mu...
"In reality, we wouldn't share your information in a way you wouldn't want ... The trust you place in us as a safe place to share information is the most important part of what makes Facebook work." -- Mark Zuckerberg, FUC*ING LIAR!!
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Permalink Reply by Patriot Horse on
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LMAO DTOM you rock... btw I knew it was coming James. GREAT post. Hopefully my clueless fam won't take the bait. But you know how that goes... Baaa, baaaa,baaa, ooops, HUH????
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Permalink Reply by Central Scrutinizer on
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good luck with that scam FeceB00k
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Permalink Reply by WTRH-AM-AE on
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Zuckerburg is going to get his butt put into prison if he keeps on coming up with stupid ideas like this. I am going to let me friend Robert know about this. In fact I don't have ANY credit cards!
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You think so WTRH? and who would put his butt in prison?
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