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> Here's an opportunity to think about. Replace Facebook, and all the various messaging services and streaming video services, with a pay service that costs abo
by lukeschlather 12y ago
> Here's an opportunity to think about. Replace Facebook, and all the various messaging services and streaming video services, with a pay service that costs about $1 a month, with no ads.
Whatsapp did a tiny sliver of that - they got acquired by Facebook. It's a trap.
The social network needs to be run by a non-profit.
- icebraining 12y agoNonprofits can be acquired too (maybe not the org itself, but everything including staff¹). The reason most don't is because the people who run it are usually not interested, but you can get the same result with a for-profit company. Just don't let VCs invest :) ¹ http://www.citylab.com/commute/2013/05/what-happens-when-nonprofit-car-sharing-service-gets-bought-major-rental-company/5727/ http://www.citylab.com/commute/2013/05/what-happens-when-non...
- lukeschlather 12y agoYou can build a charter that makes that sort of thing functionally impossible. Strong data protection guidelines that prohibit giving third-parties access to data would be a starting place, but there are a lot of barriers you could put up to such an outcome (barriers that wouldn't be possible for a for-profit corporation.)