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Re:Twitter makes it harder to choose the old reverse-chronol... by Nextgrid on Friday March 11, 2022 @08:48AM (#30639830)
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.

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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.
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Re:Twitter makes it harder to choose the old reverse-chronol... by Nextgrid on Friday March 11, 2022 @01:20PM (#30643832)
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.
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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 :-)
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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.
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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.

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