Jimmy Wales has quietly launched a Facebook rival

Re: Jimmy Wales has quietly launched a Facebook rival by CodeCube on Friday November 15, 2019 @03:23PM (#21548383)

Anyone remember app.net?

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Re: Jimmy Wales has quietly launched a Facebook rival by classichasclass on Friday November 15, 2019 @03:52PM (#21548653)

I sure do. I miss it. I think it was doomed the moment it went freemium instead of strictly pay.

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Re: Jimmy Wales has quietly launched a Facebook rival by WA9ACE on Friday November 15, 2019 @03:29PM (#21548433)

Yeah I feel like it's a very similar idea, however WhatsApp did get it's start for $1 a year after the first year iirc?

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Re: Jimmy Wales has quietly launched a Facebook rival by rosybox on Friday November 15, 2019 @03:40PM (#21548537)

Did that make WhatsApp any money?

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Re: Jimmy Wales has quietly launched a Facebook rival by bonzini on Friday November 15, 2019 @03:45PM (#21548581)

Yes, it had hundreds of millions of users.

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