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Tangential plug, I launched my own social network without feed, notifications, or even a way to find people there. It flopped everywhere I promoted it, but it

by soneca 5y ago

Tangential plug, I launched my own social network without feed, notifications, or even a way to find people there. It flopped everywhere I promoted it, but it is still online since I am on free tier of the host service. If anyone wants to check it: https://www.quidsentio.com https://www.quidsentio.com

smoldesu 5y ago
> ...It flopped everywhere I promoted it... Have you considered lowering the barrier-of-entry from $19? For what is effectively a journaling app, you're driving an incredible amount of margin out of a scenario where your audience has no incentive to pay.
- soneca 5y ago
  It is a _shared_ journaling app, not many of those around. I believe $19 annually is pretty low already ($1.58/month). And people have to pay only after they have a lot of posts, so anyone can try for free. If people aren’t willing to pay that, it does not make sense to lower the price, but rather give up the idea. Even my comment above mentioning has been downvoted twice. It is pretty clear it’s not something people want.
LegitShady 5y ago
I think you built something that was by design a niche product. Big social networks experience network effects - when a bunch of your friends/family/etc are already on a free social network it makes the barrier/effort low. If you have a social network like you made it requires that groups of people join it together, and that they know the other has it in advance, and that costs money to post beyond a certain number of posts - it's not clear what that they can get from you that they can't get from facebook or instagram already for free. It's not clear what you're offering that's better than those two. The features of 'no feed, no notifications, no way to find people' isn't necessarily a plus to the overwhelming majority of users, and from your page I don't understand what you offer in your service that even someone who journals wants.
- soneca 5y ago
  I agree

by soneca 5y ago

smoldesu 5y ago

> ...It flopped everywhere I promoted it... Have you considered lowering the barrier-of-entry from $19? For what is effectively a journaling app, you're driving an incredible amount of margin out of a scenario where your audience has no incentive to pay.

soneca 5y ago
It is a _shared_ journaling app, not many of those around. I believe $19 annually is pretty low already ($1.58/month). And people have to pay only after they have a lot of posts, so anyone can try for free. If people aren’t willing to pay that, it does not make sense to lower the price, but rather give up the idea. Even my comment above mentioning has been downvoted twice. It is pretty clear it’s not something people want.

LegitShady 5y ago

I think you built something that was by design a niche product. Big social networks experience network effects - when a bunch of your friends/family/etc are already on a free social network it makes the barrier/effort low. If you have a social network like you made it requires that groups of people join it together, and that they know the other has it in advance, and that costs money to post beyond a certain number of posts - it's not clear what that they can get from you that they can't get from facebook or instagram already for free. It's not clear what you're offering that's better than those two. The features of 'no feed, no notifications, no way to find people' isn't necessarily a plus to the overwhelming majority of users, and from your page I don't understand what you offer in your service that even someone who journals wants.

soneca 5y ago
I agree