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Or facebook...I still haven't figured out why facebook hasn't stepped into this space yet. They have the distribution, they just need the marketers in select regions.

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They are. Though I don't use facebook enough to really know if it makes sense.

Facebook Places:

http://www.facebook.com/places/

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1616082

Facebook Deals:

http://www.facebook.com/blog.php?post=446183422130

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1865817

EDIT: Updated style.

I think at the core, these are different companies. FB is a social network, groupon is a deal site. The skill set to dominate these two spaces is very different.

Agreed, they have a huge distribution channel but so does for instance Target or Walmart, but groupon just doesnt align to those companies core competencies. Hence not a great fit.

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