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Re:Achtung: Decentralize, decentralize, decentralize by coldtea on Monday March 26, 2018 @01:07AM (#16676755)
>Obviously only my personal intuition but I'd wager there's not much of a business in a pay-to-play social network.

Then it's not much of a business, period.

In my ideal world, we'd only have businesses where the costs are open and direct (e.g. no "user is the product" or selling of personal data, or even "ad-based").

If they can't make it in this way, then, sorry, they don't have a business model.

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Re:Achtung: Decentralize, decentralize, decentralize by kwhitefoot on Monday March 26, 2018 @03:07AM (#16677177)
We would never have newspapers in that case. Very few have ever been able to support themselves on the price the user pays.
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Re:Achtung: Decentralize, decentralize, decentralize by coldtea on Monday March 26, 2018 @04:06AM (#16677413)
>We would never have newspapers in that case. Very few have ever been able to support themselves on the price the user pays.

Well, if there are no buyers, then why have a product?

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Re:Achtung: Decentralize, decentralize, decentralize by warkdarrior on Monday March 26, 2018 @11:25AM (#16679571)
Because some products' value is not understood until after acquisition. Investigative reporting is in that category.
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