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The odds seems to be stacked up against me... I completely and undoubtedly agree with everything you are saying, but just because it hasn't been done before do

The odds seems to be stacked up against me... I completely and undoubtedly agree with everything you are saying, but just because it hasn't been done before doesn't mean it can't. We are fully aware there will be a day where we have to stand on our own tow feet, and we will be ready when that day comes.

Fnoord 10y ago
What I am saying is that it has been done before. I'm just stating some of the hurdles. If you can license or otherwise come to agreement, avoid those hostile protocols (know before you do a lot of work who/what is a hostile), or just make a plugin implementation and host the 'dark' plugin on Tor or w/e you should be fine.
- peterschroeder 10y ago
  I totally agree and am grateful for all of your feedback!
  - Fnoord 10y ago
    You're welcome. I got one question for you btw. I take it you work for-profit. How do you plan on making money with your product?
    - peterschroeder 10y ago
      Great question! This has been something we have really struggled with. We want to be as user-friendly as possible and to so we need to give some things up. We aren't going to store messages, blast ads, or anything intrusive like that. For this reason, we have a few options. Option number on is we release a free version with limited capabilities and a upgradable version from $.99-$4.99. This isn't the desirable route because the more users we have on our network, the better it will work. We want to encourage anyone and everyone to join. Option number 2 (the route we will take) will mainly consist of monetizing businesses who want to use the platform. Much like Snapchat, this will consist of sponsored content, geo options, and other business-centric features. This option will require us to scale quickly, but I am pretty sure it is the route we are going to take. For the first few months we are going to bootstrap it and focus on user experience and not focus on monetizing users at all. As we scale and grow our user base we can start focusing on things like that.

Fnoord 10y ago

What I am saying is that it has been done before. I'm just stating some of the hurdles. If you can license or otherwise come to agreement, avoid those hostile protocols (know before you do a lot of work who/what is a hostile), or just make a plugin implementation and host the 'dark' plugin on Tor or w/e you should be fine.

peterschroeder 10y ago
I totally agree and am grateful for all of your feedback!
- Fnoord 10y ago
  You're welcome. I got one question for you btw. I take it you work for-profit. How do you plan on making money with your product?
  - peterschroeder 10y ago
    Great question! This has been something we have really struggled with. We want to be as user-friendly as possible and to so we need to give some things up. We aren't going to store messages, blast ads, or anything intrusive like that. For this reason, we have a few options. Option number on is we release a free version with limited capabilities and a upgradable version from $.99-$4.99. This isn't the desirable route because the more users we have on our network, the better it will work. We want to encourage anyone and everyone to join. Option number 2 (the route we will take) will mainly consist of monetizing businesses who want to use the platform. Much like Snapchat, this will consist of sponsored content, geo options, and other business-centric features. This option will require us to scale quickly, but I am pretty sure it is the route we are going to take. For the first few months we are going to bootstrap it and focus on user experience and not focus on monetizing users at all. As we scale and grow our user base we can start focusing on things like that.