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I'm of the camp that it's just not possible. Given their demographic and model, I don't see how this company ever makes enough money to justify any valuation.

I'm of the camp that it's just not possible. Given their demographic and model, I don't see how this company ever makes enough money to justify any valuation. It's an electronic wasteland and not the kind that makes money. I don't see how that ever changes.

perseusprime11 11y ago
Charge people with followers. $10 per month if you have > 10K followers, $100 for > 100K followers, and so on. You charge as you are allowing them to broadcast
- MicroBerto 11y ago
  I have zero data to back this up, but I would say that this will damage you more than help. If even a smallish percentage of key athletes/celebs/whatevers move exclusively to Instagram or something else, it would seriously disrupt Twitter. IG would love that, in fact. Plus, how many people with over 10k actual followers are there really? Is $120/year times that number really going to make a difference for the business? Seems cheap and risky simultaneously.
  - perseusprime11 11y ago
    It will be interesting to pull out some numbers here to see how the model looks. Is there a way to find out how many people have more than 10k followers? Politicians and celebs are getting access to their fans and followers. I think that kind of access should not be free especially when celebs are promoting their apps, music, etc.
- pjc50 11y ago
  Well, that might deal with "buying followers". But my personal pet idea for paying for twitter would be something like reddit gold: a slight premium tier, but not necessarily paid for by the account holder. Encourage people to pay for the accounts of people they like. Heck, provide a "micro" donation system alongside it (although this runs into problems, Twitch passim) Also, a lot of people would like a better anti-abuse system and some might be prepared to pay for it.
joshkpeterson 11y ago
Electronic wasteland is too strong. There are lots of great communities there.
morgante 11y ago
> any valuation Really? You actually think Twitter has negative value as a company? They have real revenue. Fire everyone except a few dozen employees to maintain the core services/ads. That'll let you collect at least $100 million in profit. At a valuation of <$1 billion, Twitter would be a bargain.
- MicroBerto 11y ago
  Good point, I used the wrong word there. Meant any valuation remotely near where they are. $12B? LOL no way. $1B, sure. I agree with your plan and would likely run the company like that -- except "just maintaining" a social network sounds like a long-term recipe for disaster too. The share price would also tank with that plan, which of course won't fly being a public corporation. This is why they're in such a rough place.

perseusprime11 11y ago

Charge people with followers. $10 per month if you have > 10K followers, $100 for > 100K followers, and so on. You charge as you are allowing them to broadcast

MicroBerto 11y ago
I have zero data to back this up, but I would say that this will damage you more than help. If even a smallish percentage of key athletes/celebs/whatevers move exclusively to Instagram or something else, it would seriously disrupt Twitter. IG would love that, in fact. Plus, how many people with over 10k actual followers are there really? Is $120/year times that number really going to make a difference for the business? Seems cheap and risky simultaneously.
- perseusprime11 11y ago
  It will be interesting to pull out some numbers here to see how the model looks. Is there a way to find out how many people have more than 10k followers? Politicians and celebs are getting access to their fans and followers. I think that kind of access should not be free especially when celebs are promoting their apps, music, etc.
pjc50 11y ago
Well, that might deal with "buying followers". But my personal pet idea for paying for twitter would be something like reddit gold: a slight premium tier, but not necessarily paid for by the account holder. Encourage people to pay for the accounts of people they like. Heck, provide a "micro" donation system alongside it (although this runs into problems, Twitch passim) Also, a lot of people would like a better anti-abuse system and some might be prepared to pay for it.

joshkpeterson 11y ago

Electronic wasteland is too strong. There are lots of great communities there.

morgante 11y ago

> any valuation Really? You actually think Twitter has negative value as a company? They have real revenue. Fire everyone except a few dozen employees to maintain the core services/ads. That'll let you collect at least $100 million in profit. At a valuation of <$1 billion, Twitter would be a bargain.

MicroBerto 11y ago
Good point, I used the wrong word there. Meant any valuation remotely near where they are. $12B? LOL no way. $1B, sure. I agree with your plan and would likely run the company like that -- except "just maintaining" a social network sounds like a long-term recipe for disaster too. The share price would also tank with that plan, which of course won't fly being a public corporation. This is why they're in such a rough place.