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5. You've obviously never been poor in a 3rd world country with 2000% inflation

Tue Jun 18, 2019, 09:24 AM

Jun 2019

FB will probably be too far behind other micro-payments systems but the poor need one to escape their shitty governments.

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What the actual....Facebook is starting its own currency. [View all] Coventina Jun 2019 OP

It is not meant for Americans to use riverine Jun 2019 #1

Bullshit. It's a money making scheme off the backs of the poor. Coventina Jun 2019 #2

Unbeknownst to you riverine Jun 2019 #19

Coventina, the world's not a fraction as black or white Hortensis Jun 2019 #22

Do you remember tests in school and how the answers Hortensis Jun 2019 #25

I'm not talking about Amazon, I'm talking about Facebook. Coventina Jun 2019 #26

Oh, sorry, attention wandered. Amazon's doing it also, Hortensis Jun 2019 #27

It can be used worldwide for microtransactions Recursion Jun 2019 #10

Right, compared to the "fee" for MPesa, which is 50% of what you send Recursion Jun 2019 #15

No one told you to sell yourself to facebook. SouthernProgressive Jun 2019 #28

No idea about Russia & Bitcoin. But the Facebook currency is real: Coventina Jun 2019 #4

Bitcoin is completely different and not really related to this Recursion Jun 2019 #11

No. Voltaire2 Jun 2019 #24

Not a "currency" strictly, since it will be pegged to the US dollar Recursion Jun 2019 #7

Well, people won't get off of fb so... 2naSalit Jun 2019 #8

Thank you. I'm pretty shocked that people think this is a good thing. Coventina Jun 2019 #18

Which is how they are able to feed the world Recursion Jun 2019 #21