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As long as the founders aren't looking to make billions, it's very possible to run a healthy social media platform, as evidenced by Front Porch Forum [1]. 20 em

by jjani 1y ago

As long as the founders aren't looking to make billions, it's very possible to run a healthy social media platform, as evidenced by Front Porch Forum [1]. 20 employees, human moderators (gasp)! There's also Metafilter which is paid [2]. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/10/front-porch-forum-vermont-research-new-public/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/10/front-p... [2] https://www.metafilter.com/ https://www.metafilter.com/

IIsi50MHz 1y ago
> The current sign-up fee is US$5; it's a one-time fee and is the only cost associated with using the site.[1] That's…surprisingly cheap. Which reminds me that I keep meaning to set up an SDF or tildeverse account. [1] https://www.metafilter.com/faq.mefi#1 https://www.metafilter.com/faq.mefi#1