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>> I can't think of a single company who has reached a critical-mass consumer audience and not been able to monetize. Twitter, just about every news site, Pint

• paulpauper 11y ago
  digg never got big enough. Pinterest, Whatsapp are intentionally delaying revenue generation to build the userbase, a common strategy and not at all proof that they cannot monetize.
  • Grue3 11y ago
    If they believe that whatever monetization method they're planning is going to stop their userbase growth, they might just as well give up. There's a lot of competition and the users can switch in an instant to something else. LINE had monetization in mind from the beginning and is still growing. Meanwhile Whatsapp is continuing to be a money sink for FB.