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Wow. You must be lost - Hackernews is, as far as I am aware, a site for intelligent, open-minded people who recognise that valuable information may be found in
by corporalagumbo 14y ago
Wow. You must be lost - Hackernews is, as far as I am aware, a site for intelligent, open-minded people who recognise that valuable information may be found in many inconspicuous, non-intuitive locations. People intelligent enough to realise that kids are historically early-adopters and re-shapers of technology, pioneering uses and social integrations which, while dismissed as trivial by ignorant, hidebound adults, often end up exploding into mainstream popularity and defining the future of technology.
- jff 14y agoThe article describes how these kids are all using free services, and that they won't use the ones that costs money. So I'd say that if you have any business model besides "Ads, ads, glorious ads on our user-generated content!", I think teenagers are probably going to pass by your service, however good it may be.
- corporalagumbo 14y agoThat sounds like a very narrow-minded interpretation to me.
- dpe82 14y ago> Ads, ads, glorious ads Is there something wrong with that? Total US advertising expenditures for 2011 were $144 billion[0]. UGC is of course quite difficult to monetize, but it's not impossible. [0] http://kantarmediana.com/intelligence/press/us-advertising-expenditures-increased-08-percent-2011 http://kantarmediana.com/intelligence/press/us-advertising-e...