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> You can have a small community that way, but you can't do a global "connecting everyone" thing. But they already have a giant global community. They now need
by jrumbut 6y ago
> You can have a small community that way, but you can't do a global "connecting everyone" thing.
But they already have a giant global community. They now need to sustain it, that's a very different task and one better served by moderation. They are already being out-competed on how extreme a community can be by the various newcomers.
They are the incumbent now, with the incumbent's advantages. What remains to be seen is if they will move to take on the incumbent's responsibilities (which they have done here and there, and seem to be doing more of) or if they'll shirk it (which they did for far too long). In the long term they will make more money in a world that isn't on fire.
- naravara 6y agoIf the incumbent erects a paywall, free challengers will come up and they won't be the big player for long.
- jrumbut 6y agoWho said anything about a paywall? They may do some premium features like Google which gave amay Gmail and Drive and then slowly got users to start paying for them. It's been a long time since there were three TV channels but ABC, NBC, and CBS all exist and even still broadcast their programming for anyone with an antenna. Between then and now their growth slowed, they tried different ventures, they were fused into sprawling media conglomerates, all things that are probably coming for Facebook and Twitter.