Re:Twitter makes it harder to choose the old reverse-chronol...
by Nextgrid on Friday March 11, 2022 @08:48AM
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Profit doesn't have to be equivalent to abuse. The idea that you have to abuse your users to make a profit is a relatively new one pioneered by Silicon Valley scum thanks to anti-competitive practices and lax/non-existent regulation.
Before this, we had centuries of businesses who were sustainable by just charging a fair premium on the goods they sold to their customers, and both sides were happy enough with the transaction to continue.
Re:Twitter makes it harder to choose the old reverse-chronol...
by oblio on Friday March 11, 2022 @09:14AM
(#30640135)
Well, considering the context of this thread, are there any social networks not working based on the Silicon Valley model? I don't know any.
Re:Twitter makes it harder to choose the old reverse-chronol...
by Nextgrid on Friday March 11, 2022 @01:20PM
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The phone company? You pay them a fee for access and that's it - they have no incentive to prioritize certain callers over others for "engagement"'s sake.
Re:Twitter makes it harder to choose the old reverse-chronol...
by oblio on Friday March 11, 2022 @02:27PM
(#30644844)
In this context social networks = social media = Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and their ilk, we can't really include AT&T in this conversation :-)
Re:Twitter makes it harder to choose the old reverse-chronol...
by Nextgrid on Friday March 11, 2022 @02:28PM
(#30644865)
Why not? My point is that a communications network doesn't have to be hostile. It is possible to run a communications platform and get people to pay for it.
Re:Twitter makes it harder to choose the old reverse-chronol...
by oblio on Friday March 11, 2022 @03:04PM
(#30645317)
Back in the day? Maybe. Today? Yeah, sure you could create something and try to charge people, but most people are now used to free + ads.
You'll never get enough traction to break through to the mainstream, unless something radical changes.
Phase 2: profit (through using and abusing their users).
Both steps are written in stone in their business plan on day 1, you just don't know it.
As a user you were still in phase 1.
Similar story with image hosting websites. First they don't have ads and load fast and don't really have image restrictions. Then they start adding restrictions and ads.