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Why not just pay a few bucks a month for a social network, and get all the benefits of centralization without the evils of ad-supported corporations? Most of us
by Alex3917 9y ago
Why not just pay a few bucks a month for a social network, and get all the benefits of centralization without the evils of ad-supported corporations? Most of us here use and trust GitHub, and imho that's what we need more of.
While I'm a huge supporter of blockchain projects and their allies, in the case of social networks I don't see how this is going to turn out any differently than FOAF.
- throwaway127831 9y agoBecause not all of my friends and family are willing to pay a subscription fee :-/
- evolve2k 9y agoWould you pay to be a power user who can invite and manage say a dozen family & friends? In this model it might be possible to assist uptake by having a class of power user who can manage their group over onto an ad free network. Example: I have a private github account with repos I share with various friends who are not paying github users but are nonetheless now engaged in the github platform.
- throwaway2041 9y agoThat's not a terrible idea. You might also give some users free access if they're net-beneficial to the network
- pjc50 9y agoYes, this is an under-appreciated idea that may be critical to having the whole thing work. If it's a paid service users should be able to pay for other users to use it.
- eitland 9y agoWhatsApp had this. :-/
- anonymous5133 9y agoDoesn't matter. Our data is only secure when it is encrypted. The user should have absolute control over their data. If the user deletes their data then it should be permanently deleted.
- ekianjo 9y agohow would you trust a centralized network NOT to use your data even if they make you pay for the service?
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