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Summary Facebook is launching a deals program in five U.S. cities that offer deep discounts.
These group-couponing services have become some of the fastest-growing businesses in the world.A user can buy one, click the like button to recommend it to others or share the offer with friends through Facebooks private messaging system. When users purchase or like a deal, it shows up in their friends news feed. To get the program started, Facebook has enlisted 11 companies that already supply deals elsewhere. Not all offers involve discounts. Some are experiences people may not otherwise have access to.This is not the first time a social network has made a foray into disseminating deals. Twitter launched its own daily deal program called Earlybird Offers last year but canceled it after just two months.
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