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    • jeff4 years ago

      Cash App got exceedingly lucky that Twitter users created the perfect marketing opportunity for them.

      Payment apps make me feel old. I've had a PayPal account for 15 years and never understood why anyone would use Venmo, Cash App or any of the others over it.

      I remember being forced to install Venmo to accept a payment from a friend and seeing the public stream of everyone's payments to one another. Why on earth would anyone want that information public? I get angry just thinking about it. I've never uninstalled an app so fast.

      • jbuchana4 years ago

        I feel the same way. Our daughter is always trying to get us to install Cash App when she owes us money. We refuse to and she acts like we're pathetic boomers who want to do everything with sticks and rocks. I've sometimes wondered if they give commissions to people who get others to sign up, but I've not checked. She's never mentioned the Friday giveaways to me, I'm not sure about my wife.

    • kurpels4 years ago

      I love this phenomenon of people asking for coffee or a-night-out money and getting it. I love the Internet!

      • jeff4 years ago

        Reminds me of the /r/Random_Acts_Of_Pizza subreddit! I've never participated but it looks like they're still going strong 10 years later.

        • kurpels4 years ago

          And reddit Santa! Thanks for my 2x Guinness World Book certificate, The Internet!