Re:Ask HN: Would you join a social network run by a non-profit?
by sharemywin on Saturday September 17, 2016 @05:20PM
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Not trying to come off as a true saint. I just believe marketplaces shouldn't be run by corporations. All these corporations are sucking the life out of the economy by imposing monopolistic taxes on everyone in their "networks".
Why because VC only fund monopolies and the stock market rewards giant hoards of cash off-shore. Is it fueled by jealousy, some, but imagine if all the businesses your talking about didn't have to pay 70 cents a click to advertise and they were rotated or some other more user friendly way display ads. or if you bought enough through a marketplace to cover your own costs you didn't need to see any ads.
Non-profits aren't bound to maximize profits they just have to cover costs.
I think it would be more of a protocol than a service.
Why because VC only fund monopolies and the stock market rewards giant hoards of cash off-shore. Is it fueled by jealousy, some, but imagine if all the businesses your talking about didn't have to pay 70 cents a click to advertise and they were rotated or some other more user friendly way display ads. or if you bought enough through a marketplace to cover your own costs you didn't need to see any ads.
Non-profits aren't bound to maximize profits they just have to cover costs.
I think it would be more of a protocol than a service.