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> holding them hostage elon threatens to put them on the next starship test? get real, they are not hostages, there are plenty of alternative platforms, you ha

> holding them hostage elon threatens to put them on the next starship test? get real, they are not hostages, there are plenty of alternative platforms, you have only to select one, or more.

BulgarianIdiot 4y ago
What part of "building an audience" was unclear to you? You don't just move a social network and everyone moves over with you. Maybe research "network effects"? In fact, exactly because there are PLENTY of alternative platforms, Twitter still exists. If there were only 2-3 major Twitter competitors, people WOULD move. As is, they don't know where to move.
- prepend 4y ago
  Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. “Building an audience” on someone else’s platform is a recipe for continual butthurt. This is exactly what was said when Twitter and Facebook and whatnot started. If your business is solely on someone’s platform, you’re at risk. The proper, long term way to do it is to make a site, post content there and then post links onto social media while driving audience toward a mailing list or some other subscription that you control. It was only a matter of time that Twitter put the squeeze on and $8/month is just the beginning. I expect, over time social media will get to equilibrium of taking 30% of whatever the value of the audience is.
- redeeman 4y ago
  its not clear how much of an audience they "have built" if that audience is so fleeting as to only watch your "content" if its smashed in their faces.
  - BulgarianIdiot 4y ago
    Let me guess, they should receive notifications for new content by telepathy, or alternatively open a tab for every person they like and refresh every 5 minutes. Any other brilliant ideas?
    - redeeman 4y ago
      or check? i follow some content creators, and if they were suddenly wiped from a platform, you can bet i would seek them out. if this does not happen, i dont think you can say they have built an audience, they have merely done some things that makes the platform push the stuff to people, and the instant that stops, they dont exist to the "audience"

> holding them hostage elon threatens to put them on the next starship test? get real, they are not hostages, there are plenty of alternative platforms, you have only to select one, or more.

BulgarianIdiot 4y ago

What part of "building an audience" was unclear to you? You don't just move a social network and everyone moves over with you. Maybe research "network effects"? In fact, exactly because there are PLENTY of alternative platforms, Twitter still exists. If there were only 2-3 major Twitter competitors, people WOULD move. As is, they don't know where to move.

prepend 4y ago
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. “Building an audience” on someone else’s platform is a recipe for continual butthurt. This is exactly what was said when Twitter and Facebook and whatnot started. If your business is solely on someone’s platform, you’re at risk. The proper, long term way to do it is to make a site, post content there and then post links onto social media while driving audience toward a mailing list or some other subscription that you control. It was only a matter of time that Twitter put the squeeze on and $8/month is just the beginning. I expect, over time social media will get to equilibrium of taking 30% of whatever the value of the audience is.
redeeman 4y ago
its not clear how much of an audience they "have built" if that audience is so fleeting as to only watch your "content" if its smashed in their faces.
- BulgarianIdiot 4y ago
  Let me guess, they should receive notifications for new content by telepathy, or alternatively open a tab for every person they like and refresh every 5 minutes. Any other brilliant ideas?
  - redeeman 4y ago
    or check? i follow some content creators, and if they were suddenly wiped from a platform, you can bet i would seek them out. if this does not happen, i dont think you can say they have built an audience, they have merely done some things that makes the platform push the stuff to people, and the instant that stops, they dont exist to the "audience"