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Wait, why would facebook have CC info? I have never paid facebook for anything (except in terms of ad views), and I'm not even sure what I could pay them for? P

Wait, why would facebook have CC info? I have never paid facebook for anything (except in terms of ad views), and I'm not even sure what I could pay them for? Posting ads I guess? But that's gonna be not a lot of people. So if somehow their graph api has pulled up my credit card number into their database, that's the disturbing thing...

dave5104 9y ago
They offer a cash transfer service via Messenger (similar to Apple Pay Cash or Snap Cash where you hand over a debit card and then you can send money to friends). I believe they also used to have a system (maybe they still do?) where you could buy "Facebook Credits" to use on Facebook platform games, essentially microtransactions.
- pbhjpbhj 9y ago
  They also used to have a thing where you could buy, with real money IIRC, little icons for your "friends"; quite some time back I think.
tjbiddle 9y ago
They've had previous monetization methods, as well as submitting donations, sending cash to friends, paying for advertising, etc.
kfrzcode 9y ago
> Posting ads Advertisement is Facebook's #1 revenue model, its literally why they exist. I wish everyone who's used FB would sign up for a business page and place an ad; it's illuminating to see just how detailed their tools are. Same with Google PPC and Bing etc etc. I shudder to think at just how detailed the profiles are that FB, AMZN et al keep on each of its users.
- jlarocco 9y ago
  > Advertisement is Facebook's #1 revenue model, its literally why they exist. It's how they exist, not why. I do agree that their data collection is very creepy.