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> A general purpose social website requires most everybody to be on it. Who said it has to be general purpose? Part of the attraction of a paid social media s
by mundo 8y ago
> A general purpose social website requires most everybody to be on it.
Who said it has to be general purpose? Part of the attraction of a paid social media site for me would be the fact that most people aren't on it. Isn't that why we're currently discussing the matter on HN rather than FB?
That said though, I'd be much more excited about paying $20/yr for the VPS where I host my node in a (hypothetical) FOSS distributed social media app than about paying $20/yr for a login to a closed source and proprietary one.
- jasode 8y ago>Who said it has to be general purpose? The author did and that's the context. The blog post was talking about sharing photos etc with "friends and family" so I took it be general purpose so it is adopted by a general audience. Yes, there are things like Mastadon instances run by volunteers that are funded by donations for topics like anime but niche social networks doesn't seem to be what the author is talking about. >Isn't that why we're currently discussing the matter on HN rather than FB? I think the plea was submitted to a technical site like HN instead of FB because it's trying to drum up interest from programmers who can _build_ the $20/year a general purpose replacement for Facebook/Twitter.