One thing about Facebook that a lot of people don't realise is that Facebook has two distinct types of advertising already, that they're already selling in large quantity, and they have a whole bunch of commerce businesses that are being built around their so called credits product, and where this is evident so far is in the gaming business.

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The whole idea of a cap-and-trade scheme is that you fix quantity, not price.

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In general, API management involves implementing and enforcing a whole set of rules governing who has access to what, and in how much quantity.

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