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I went on Venmo's public feed once and a handful of the dozens of transactions I scrolled through were clearly regarding something illicit... sometimes they wer
by sdan 6y ago
I went on Venmo's public feed once and a handful of the dozens of transactions I scrolled through were clearly regarding something illicit... sometimes they were spelled out clearly lol.
I hope they know they're posting all their transactions publicly.
- neolog 6y agoIt's usually done as a joke.
- Spivak 6y agoI’ve definitely sent payments to friends with various sexual favors as the description for fun.
- bigmattystyles 6y agoVenmo also just scans your phone book (I believe) and adds contacts it finds in your 'friends' feed. I have quite a few professional contacts who are quite different in the way they express themselves with their friends than in the professional setting (as one would expect). They're older (50+) and not in a tech field, and I don't think they realize that it's public by default.
- kevinmchugh 6y agoI heard someone at a storytelling event talk about a job interview with one of the payments companies. The job was to build an internal database of local market prices for different sex acts and drugs.
- edoceo 6y agoThat sounds fun! Even if just a thought experiment.
- Vadoff 6y agoYeah it's called a joke...
- ALittleLight 6y agoI was blown away to discover venmo was public by default. I still can't really believe it works like that. Crazy.