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When TheFacebook launched, you needed a Harvard email account to use it.. which had a much larger cost of entry than App.net's $50 annual fee. It was a tightl
by tzm 14y ago
When TheFacebook launched, you needed a Harvard email account to use it.. which had a much larger cost of entry than App.net's $50 annual fee. It was a tightly wound coil of users that helped prove the model and obtain additional funding.
- michaelperalta 14y agoTheFacebook also had no idea what a large social network they could become and never had the expectations to be what they are now. App.net is mirror itself off Twitter so they obviously know how big its possible to grow. Also TheFacebook was using exclusivity as a motivator to get people to join and request the service for their schools. App.net isn't exclusive its just a paid service and since its not a luxury item its not something people will pay for just for the sake of paying.