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Suppose you wanted to launch a new social network. Where would you get your users? Not being able to talk about it on existing social networks is basically a d
by sillysaurusx 4y ago
Suppose you wanted to launch a new social network. Where would you get your users?
Not being able to talk about it on existing social networks is basically a death sentence for growth. I saw it first hand.
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> Where would you get your users? The 80+ percent of Americans who don't use Twitter might be a start [1][2]. [1] https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2013/11/04/twitter-news-consumers-young-mobile-and-educated/ https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2013/11/04/twitter-ne... [2] https://www.statista.com/statistics/970911/monetizable-daily-active-twitter-users-in-the-united-states/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/970911/monetizable-daily...
- sillysaurusx 4y agoGoing door to door to recruit my users is an interesting idea. “Hi, I’m Shawn. I made this hacker news alternative…” It might actually work in Chicago. They had a pretty active tech scene. Covid killed those mall adventures though.