Farewell, Facebook Credits

Sept. 12 has come and gone, and when the calendar turned to Sept. 13 Friday morning, Facebook Credits joined New Coke, the eight-track tape, and dinosaurs on the extinct list, as the social network completed its conversion to local currency, which was made official in March and first announced in June 2012.

Sept. 12 has come and gone, and when the calendar turned to Sept. 13 Friday morning, Facebook Credits joined New Coke, the eight-track tape, and dinosaurs on the extinct list, as the social network completed its conversion to local currency, which was made official in March and first announced in June 2012.

Facebook Product Management Director Prashant Fuloria wrote in a June 2012 developer blog post:

By supporting pricing in local currency, we hope to simplify the purchase experience, give you more flexibility, and make it easier to reach a global audience of Facebook users who want a way to pay for your applications and games in their local currencies.

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