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Let's say 20% of users outright refuse to pay. I don't think this is unrealistic. Now there will be people with a lot of friends who left, and they ask themselv
by im3w1l 6y ago
Let's say 20% of users outright refuse to pay. I don't think this is unrealistic. Now there will be people with a lot of friends who left, and they ask themselves, "if my friends aren't on here, why am I paying??", so they leave too. It keeps rippling through the social graph like this until there only a hardcore facebook fanbase remains.
If they were forced to find an alternative income source, they'd be better off going with freemium.
- Chris2048 6y ago> It keeps rippling through the social graph like this until this is a very hand-wavy slippery-slope argument. You think the entire social network crumbles because of 20% of users? The lack of right not to be part of a network (shadow profiles) is one of the problems with FB, so if SNs can't exist without payment, maybe they just shouldn't exist. I personally think society values SNs to the extent that this *won't8 happen, but let it be an exercise in seeing how much SNs are truly valued.
- im3w1l 6y agoI think it's this principle in action https://medium.com/incerto/the-most-intolerant-wins-the-dictatorship-of-the-small-minority-3f1f83ce4e15 https://medium.com/incerto/the-most-intolerant-wins-the-dict...
- Chris2048 6y agoI'm not sure if it is. That effect requires the majority to make no distinction (wrt desirability) between halal/kosher and regular. I don't think people are as indifferent to "being the product", or are becoming less so.