Jimmy Wales has quietly launched a Facebook rival

Re: Jimmy Wales has quietly launched a Facebook rival by s_dev on Friday November 15, 2019 @03:29PM (#21548428)

>Previously someone mentioned the idea of a $1/mo. social network.

Didn't WhatsApp used to be $1 a year before Facebook bought them and it was a very successful pricing model?

$1 a year for a website is very feasible for both parties assuming it's some Western society.

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Re: Jimmy Wales has quietly launched a Facebook rival by johnnycab on Friday November 15, 2019 @03:58PM (#21548695)

>Didn't WhatsApp used to be $1 a year before Facebook bought them and it was a very successful pricing model?

I was hounded and paid £0.69 to renew the 'subscription' ─ which was subsequently offered for free to everyone, shortly thereafter. I felt betrayed, but I would happily pay the same amount today (or slightly more), if only to preserve some shred of privacy.

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Re: Jimmy Wales has quietly launched a Facebook rival by tehsauce on Friday November 15, 2019 @03:38PM (#21548516)

Facebook pulls an average revenue of $70/year on each American user, so $1/mo is leaving a lot of money on the table by their standard

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Re: Jimmy Wales has quietly launched a Facebook rival by tw04 on Friday November 15, 2019 @03:52PM (#21548643)

I don't think anyone expects this other option to be as profitable as facebook. If you actually managed to create something 1/7th the size/profitability of facebook and considered it a failure I guess I'd suggest you might legitimately suffer from visions of grandeur.

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Re: Jimmy Wales has quietly launched a Facebook rival by davchana on Friday November 15, 2019 @03:36PM (#21548491)

They used to say that at Signup, first year free, then again waive $1 every year in India.

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