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I use Venmo weekly and my group of friends love that feature. It's a sort of "social network" feature. It might not be for everyone, but there's plenty of peop
by bepotts 8y ago
I use Venmo weekly and my group of friends love that feature. It's a sort of "social network" feature.
It might not be for everyone, but there's plenty of people that are aware of the feature and aren't bothered by it.
- moate 8y agoEarnest question: Why do you love it? What about seeing people transact money do you love? Like I get that this is another place to use cheeky emojis (Steve bought some weed and gave his dealer a tree emoji! Classic Steve!) but just...why?
- bepotts 8y agoI don't love the feature, although I do sometimes look through my friends' transactions. I guess it's similar to sharing a photo on Facebook, or doing a "check in" when you're at a location: it's simply about broadcasting who you were with and what you guys were either doing or bought. Most transactions between parties are simply "drinks", pizza emojis, or "rent" to a roommate. It's about showing who you are, what you do, and who you're with.
- moate 8y agoshrug IDK, it seems like I have tons of ways to do that already if I'm so inclined and have never wanted it as part of my financial transactions. I've never understood the appeal personally, but I also don't understand the appeal of high-heeled shoes or cliff diving.
- pbreit 8y agoAre you saying you like seeing just your friends’ payments (understandable) or everyone’s including strangers (the problem)?
- bepotts 8y agoI don't care either way about seeing payments; I'm just saying that plenty of young people (including my group of friends) don't see this is some massive privacy violation. Instead, it's a cool social feature.
- pbreit 8y agoI was trying to understand if your friends like to see just each others' payment or everyone in the world's payments? Venmo has 3 settings: Anyone, Friends Only, Private.