> Is there any reason why we can't design a federated (non-centralized) version of twitter that doesn't depend on a business model of monetization? Another alt

> Is there any reason why we can't design a federated (non-centralized) version of twitter that doesn't depend on a business model of monetization? Another alternative would be a business model that doesn't include advertising. App.net[1] attempted this, but clearly that didn't work out too well. [1] https://alpha.app.net/ https://alpha.app.net/