Comments on: Can Foursquare and Farmville Spur the Dollar’s Recovery? http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/11/28/can-foursquare-and-farmville-spur-the-dollars-recovery/ a blog by Mark Essel on web technology, startups and design philosophy Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Essel http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/11/28/can-foursquare-and-farmville-spur-the-dollars-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-2181 Mark Essel Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:51:07 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/11/28/can-foursquare-and-farmville-spur-the-dollars-recovery/#comment-2181 If the economy is real, we'll need to treat as one with regulations. Any opening for abuse in a real or parallel virtual economy, will be railroaded through and needs correction.<br><br>Many folks could get very rich off of an untaxed/unregulated market like virtual currency exchange. If the economy is real, we'll need to treat as one with regulations. Any opening for abuse in a real or parallel virtual economy, will be railroaded through and needs correction.

Many folks could get very rich off of an untaxed/unregulated market like virtual currency exchange.

]]> By: ShanaC http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/11/28/can-foursquare-and-farmville-spur-the-dollars-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-2180 ShanaC Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:48:23 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/11/28/can-foursquare-and-farmville-spur-the-dollars-recovery/#comment-2180 You realize its extremely risky (messing around with economies?) and possibly breaks open issues of UEA.<br>yeah, blow up the web. I mean I don't mind, I think this is a non-euclidean socially parallel space, and should be treated as such, but still, a lot of people will want to kill those people (including me) who go and do something like that. It means doing the whole Morgan Stanley thing and Citigroup thing on the Web. For consumers and companies. with Web currency. Backed in baskets to the DEY... <br><br>This is an opening for a screwup... You realize its extremely risky (messing around with economies?) and possibly breaks open issues of UEA.
yeah, blow up the web. I mean I don't mind, I think this is a non-euclidean socially parallel space, and should be treated as such, but still, a lot of people will want to kill those people (including me) who go and do something like that. It means doing the whole Morgan Stanley thing and Citigroup thing on the Web. For consumers and companies. with Web currency. Backed in baskets to the DEY…

This is an opening for a screwup…

]]> By: Mark Essel http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/11/28/can-foursquare-and-farmville-spur-the-dollars-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-2179 Mark Essel Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:42:33 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/11/28/can-foursquare-and-farmville-spur-the-dollars-recovery/#comment-2179 That sounds exciting Shana, great idea! That sounds exciting Shana, great idea!

]]> By: ShanaC http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/11/28/can-foursquare-and-farmville-spur-the-dollars-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-2178 ShanaC Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:35:33 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/11/28/can-foursquare-and-farmville-spur-the-dollars-recovery/#comment-2178 I've said it before, I'll say it again. Open up the API, and allow people to run real banking. And By real banking, that includes investment banking and hedge funding on it. So derivatives and swaps in some sort of regulated environment. it means recognizing you have fiat currencies running around... and that you should be trading on the margins. I've said it before, I'll say it again. Open up the API, and allow people to run real banking. And By real banking, that includes investment banking and hedge funding on it. So derivatives and swaps in some sort of regulated environment. it means recognizing you have fiat currencies running around… and that you should be trading on the margins.

]]> By: Mark Essel http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/11/28/can-foursquare-and-farmville-spur-the-dollars-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-1895 Mark Essel Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:51:07 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/11/28/can-foursquare-and-farmville-spur-the-dollars-recovery/#comment-1895 If the economy is real, we'll need to treat as one with regulations. Any opening for abuse in a real or parallel virtual economy, will be railroaded through and needs correction.<br><br>Many folks could get very rich off of an untaxed/unregulated market like virtual currency exchange. If the economy is real, we'll need to treat as one with regulations. Any opening for abuse in a real or parallel virtual economy, will be railroaded through and needs correction.

Many folks could get very rich off of an untaxed/unregulated market like virtual currency exchange.

]]> By: ShanaC http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/11/28/can-foursquare-and-farmville-spur-the-dollars-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-1894 ShanaC Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:48:23 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/11/28/can-foursquare-and-farmville-spur-the-dollars-recovery/#comment-1894 You realize its extremely risky (messing around with economies?) and possibly breaks open issues of UEA.<br>yeah, blow up the web. I mean I don't mind, I think this is a non-euclidean socially parallel space, and should be treated as such, but still, a lot of people will want to kill those people (including me) who go and do something like that. It means doing the whole Morgan Stanley thing and Citigroup thing on the Web. For consumers and companies. with Web currency. Backed in baskets to the DEY... <br><br>This is an opening for a screwup... You realize its extremely risky (messing around with economies?) and possibly breaks open issues of UEA.
yeah, blow up the web. I mean I don't mind, I think this is a non-euclidean socially parallel space, and should be treated as such, but still, a lot of people will want to kill those people (including me) who go and do something like that. It means doing the whole Morgan Stanley thing and Citigroup thing on the Web. For consumers and companies. with Web currency. Backed in baskets to the DEY…

This is an opening for a screwup…

]]> By: Mark Essel http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/11/28/can-foursquare-and-farmville-spur-the-dollars-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-1893 Mark Essel Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:42:33 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/11/28/can-foursquare-and-farmville-spur-the-dollars-recovery/#comment-1893 That sounds exciting Shana, great idea! That sounds exciting Shana, great idea!

]]> By: ShanaC http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/11/28/can-foursquare-and-farmville-spur-the-dollars-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-1892 ShanaC Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:35:33 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/11/28/can-foursquare-and-farmville-spur-the-dollars-recovery/#comment-1892 I've said it before, I'll say it again. Open up the API, and allow people to run real banking. And By real banking, that includes investment banking and hedge funding on it. So derivatives and swaps in some sort of regulated environment. it means recognizing you have fiat currencies running around... and that you should be trading on the margins. I've said it before, I'll say it again. Open up the API, and allow people to run real banking. And By real banking, that includes investment banking and hedge funding on it. So derivatives and swaps in some sort of regulated environment. it means recognizing you have fiat currencies running around… and that you should be trading on the margins.

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