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http://www.techworld.com.au/article/383125/facebook_biggest_bank_by_2015/

NO.

I sure hope Bitcoin throws a wrench in the gears.

QOTD: "I think that to say 'Facebook will be the worlds largest bank' is about as accurate as saying 'Farmville will be the world's largest agricultural business'." (http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2082068&cid=35806572)

Who the fuck is this moron? OH, his Facebook rank is number 29! Impressive!

Zynga didn't exist 18 months ago? Wikipedia says it was founded in 2007.

Facebook profile credit ratings!? LOL

I don't think this guy even knows the types of activities that make an entity a "bank".

My favorite quote from the article:

People who play games on Facebook are very credit-worthy.

This is a great idea and not at all likely to end badly.

My facebook rank is over 9000

 :D

Got me thinking, has anyone started working on an app that integrates Bitcoin with Facebook? That may help get more people to use it.

Someone created a minesweeper game for it.

I imagine no one has sold bitcoins for facebook credits yet.

Must first understand the fact that Facebook is already the largest information database bank in the world. And who controls the information controls the world!

From the Facebook Credits Terms and Conditions:
"You may not accept Credits as payment for a currency or other stored value item that can be used outside of the application."

Bitcoins are considered a stored value item.

Reminds me of this presentation: http://albumoftheday.com/facebook/ (http://albumoftheday.com/facebook/)

yes, commodity trading with farmville crops ; )
i'm amazed where ppl find value

Farmville credits have no intirinsic value so you cant use them for money....


 ::)

there's plenty of phishing sites that specifically target farmville accounts to steal credits. idiots actually do pay real money for them to increase their 'farm'

as for facebook being a bank, it'll be the first bank that openly sells your information. yay

If you had a choice between losing a bank account or your facebook account, which would you choose?

For some(many?), a facebook account is more valuable than a bank account.

Well, that very much depends on the amount of money you have on this account, doesn't it?

I mean, in my bank account I must have something like three euros, so I coudn't care much less about losing this account.

True, I use a mortgage offset account for my normal banking so would very much more like to lose that more than my Bitcoin wallet which is at least in the black ;D

Lol, and I coined the term "Web 4.0" while having a beer with Billy Bob Thornton last night.

Silicon Valley circlejerk.

I call dibs on Web 5.0!

This post has inspired me to start a real vegetable garden.  I just finished digging the dirt and planting the seeds.  Thank you.

This is like me saying that I am the third most attractive guy at the homeless shelter...

How come there is no tipping function yet as we see at on reddit?

This would help so many people who are not very techsavy to use bitcoins. f.e. sending someone a tip for his birthday or just for another stupid comment.

HAhaha. fuck facebook. won't get an account, at least not one with my real name and real info on it!

My oldest sister dumped a lot of money into her farm. My middle sister is about to get disability due to how she got hooked on it. My middle brother played Farmville all his waking hours while on unemployment, but has since reentered the workforce, leaving the game. My younger sister did it strongly for a while, but left prior to getting hooked. My younger brother plays one of those mafia games of which he's put tens of thousand into his main tune until he learned to get all the gifts free during glitches. He's now able to take a new toon and level it up greatly within a week, all on automatic pilot. My nephew plays those violent video games on his xBox, then tries to fuck the dog before going to sleep.

I'm the only sane one in the bunch.

+1 !!!!