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I heard something about facebook status messages duplicating what Twitter does. But I think your view is pessemistic. Isn't the whole point of startups that use
by ivankirigin 19y ago
I heard something about facebook status messages duplicating what Twitter does. But I think your view is pessemistic. Isn't the whole point of startups that users aren't loyal and will change to a better service?
So if you monetize by adding something annoying, people would change to a new service that doesn't have it.
Who, for example, makes money on blogging? Premium services are a small part of the market given the free tools to do it.
- aston 19y agoYou imply that adding monetization weakens the product. That's not always true; Google's search ads are a great example where the results are enhanced via the monetization. Even in cases where the product is diminished, that effect is not necessarily enough to drive away your audience. Especially if you have strong network effects in play.
- ivankirigin 19y agoTrue, I made a blanket statement. Network effects can keep a product strong. But it doesn't make you money. "Get Eyeballs" can't possibly be all of it.
- aston 19y agoAt the moment, it's the best anyone in web 2.0's got. I agree, though, I'll reserve my jubilation for when I see a billion-dollars-in-revenue web 2.0 company appear.