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Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by tayo42 on Friday June 30, 2023 @09:03PM (#36545040)
Forums used to be ad supported, nothing particularly wrong with being ad supported. Problems occur when your investors expect 10x return on something ad supported.

But to have something pay for it self. I'd rather not lose money on it

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Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by MrVandemar on Saturday July 01, 2023 @03:55AM (#36547810)
Actually, there is something wrong with ad supported platforms. Advertisers start imposing restrictions on the actual content, or the owners of the platforms enforce restrictions pre-emptively so it never arises.

I was on a forum, and the kind of language and even topics for discussion were severely restricted, partly because of advertising.

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