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> A subscription-based, non-ad-driven social networking site (perhaps operating as a member-owned cooperative?) that brings in much more modest revenue but that
by hbosch 6y ago
> A subscription-based, non-ad-driven social networking site (perhaps operating as a member-owned cooperative?) that brings in much more modest revenue but that also can operate with many fewer engineers because it can be largely cruft-free.
I, too, loved App.net. Alas, seems that people won't even pay a couple bucks a month to see what their friends are eating for lunch.
- asdkhadsj 6y agoPeople instinctively know the value of something when asked to part with their money. :D Yet they still spend their time on it. Huh.
- jimbokun 6y agoPeople know their friends are not on App.net, but are on Facebook. Or in other words: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalfe%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalfe%27s_law