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People who say that Twitter should just charge pro users don't get what Twitter is trying to achieve. Twitter doesn't want to be a million-dollar business, they
by ssclafani 14y ago
People who say that Twitter should just charge pro users don't get what Twitter is trying to achieve. Twitter doesn't want to be a million-dollar business, they want to be a billion-dollar business. They wont get there by charging users. Not even close.
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- MBCook 14y agoOf course their plan to become a billion-dollar business could causes them to become a zero-dollar business. The problem is that they seem to be overreaching, and doing it in what may be a self-destructive manor.
- Retric 14y agoA 20% shot at a 5 billion dollar bushiness may be a perfectly rational choice on their part.
- Steko 14y agoPretty sure the list of companies that have made billions charging users is nonzero. Text messaging has certainly been driven by user fees. If you look at the tv market it's moved from primarily ad driven to primarily fee driven.
- debacle 14y agoYou're not going to make billions charging only ~10% of your userbase.
- Steko 14y agoIf you have a billion users and you charge .1% of them $1,000 that's $1 billion. If you charge another 1% of them $100 that's another $1 billion. If you charge another 10% of them $10 that's another $1 billion. That's $3 billion already and we're just playing with rough numbers.
- Ralith 14y agoHow large is Twitter's userbase?