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Re:Could Twitter Be Better Off as a Nonprofit? by RileyKyeden on Sunday October 09, 2016 @01:54PM (#12672347)
Most of the people I talk to on Twitter don't have money to spare. They're the kind of people who have to toss up a fundraiser to make rent because they had a surprise medical bill or car repair.
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Re:Could Twitter Be Better Off as a Nonprofit? by blakeyrat on Sunday October 09, 2016 @07:13PM (#12674081)
They could offer "premium" accounts, the way Amazon does or Hulu used to, where there are no ads and some add-in services are discounted or free.

Or they could offer little widgets you can buy and post on your profile page, like LiveJournal does (assuming it still does; it's been ages.)

Or a combination of the two, like DeviantArt.

There's plenty of options. Hell, sell Twitter plushies. That failwhale image was pretty cute.

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