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They don't currently but they will have to display ads eventually like Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Tumbler, and the like because a business can't run on VC fu
by free2rhyme214 12y ago
They don't currently but they will have to display ads eventually like Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Tumbler, and the like because a business can't run on VC fumes forever with stockholders.
- nkozyra 12y ago"but how does ____ make money?" "They don't currently but" Given how many times I've seen this in the last few years it might be time for me to figure out how to cash out before the lights go off.
- nkozyra 12y agoAnd to iterate a bit on my last point ... there are spaces where advertising is inherently valuable, where you have a captive or semi-captive audience ... I don't see messaging (at least in the mobile space) as particularly banner-friendly. Now obviously I wish I knew how to target the mobile messaging market; I don't. But it seems like you could see mass migrations based almost exclusively on presentation the way MySpace rapidly lost to Facebook.
- badloginagain 12y agoJesus they're going to have Microsoft send me a movie ad of their next flop. I don't see why they didn't just take FB's money at what has to be their peak relevance. The only advertising opportunity I really see is unsolicited snaps. But I don't see users liking that.