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This might be naive, but a monthly subscription model might work for facebook. Then you'd have no more ads, no more privacy snafus--the goals of the company wo
by techiferous 16y ago
This might be naive, but a monthly subscription model might work for facebook. Then you'd have no more ads, no more privacy snafus--the goals of the company would be aligned with the goals of the users because the users would be customers. It's simple. Would it tick off some users? Sure, but that hasn't stopped facebook in the past.
I'd pay $10/month for a facebook that cares about me as a customer. Right now I don't use it because facebook's goals aren't aligned with mine, even though it's a valuable service.
But $10/month per user probably wouldn't be enough revenue to match facebook's high valuation.
- houseabsolute 16y ago> But $10/month per user probably wouldn't be enough revenue to match facebook's high valuation. What, five billion a month would not be enough? Of course, no one is going to pay for Facebook, mostly because some people aren't going to pay for Facebook and when some people aren't there, no one is.
- Groxx 16y agoThat's a good point... makes me wonder if any sufficiently-large social-communication site can ever make money without heavy ad revenue. Still hoping for a distributed setup, personally. Then site A can sell features + integrations Q - BZ, and B can be free but only do A - D.
- techiferous 16y agoGreat point. It gives me an idea: you could turn it on its head and make the subscription price the main feature. $200/month allows you access to the super-exclusive social network. ;)
- houseabsolute 16y agoHaven't you heard of executive dating services? ;)