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How is a site like Tumblr or Reddit different from Facebook or Twitter? Those two were able to monetize.
by Veratyr 9y ago
How is a site like Tumblr or Reddit different from Facebook or Twitter? Those two were able to monetize.
- beaconstudios 9y agohasn't twitter struggled to attain profitability for years?
- Veratyr 9y agoThey're not profitable but a lot of their expenses are capex and investment: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TWTR/cash-flow?p=TWTR https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TWTR/cash-flow?p=TWTR In theory if they halted their investing activities they'd be profitable.
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- prostoalex 9y agoIn the age of pretty much unlimited ad inventory and user ad blindness your only hope to improve click-through is (a) to know your user and (b) be able to grab their attention in a consistent manner, preferably several times a day. Not sure how Tumblr executed on either, most of my visits there were logged-out referred through some other sites.