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Easy solution: charge users per character. I would happily pay.
by tmalsburg2 11y ago
Easy solution: charge users per character. I would happily pay.
- michaelmrose 11y agoHow many others do you imagine would pay twitter by the character rather than use mediums not so constrained and how much. The most expensive medium per character is text messaging https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing and each carrier effectively holds a monopoly on reaching that customer via that means especially since plenty of phones still can't receive any other form of electronic message. Twitter has more than ample competition this kind of blackmail would destroy twitter.
- smt88 11y agoPeople would switch to a free social network, guaranteed. Twitter already has a huge problem maintaining loyalty, and creating a class system -- where people who can/will pay actually get more of the stage -- would piss a lot of people off.