>Paying subscription fees to social networks is a business model not very likely to succeed.
Two things:
1) I think in our present day western consumerist world if a comfortable technologist says "I would pay for that" it doesn't literally mean that - it just means "I value it".
2) Regardless, I stand by my previous comment in the other thread - that I would not pay for Twitter. Why? Because I am already paying for it. Twitter gets value from me. My time on Twitter is a form of labour for the company. It's a two way exchange, I benefit from using it - and I like it. I even see advertisements on Twitter. My eyes and clicks are a form of revenue generation for Twitter. I would not pay for Twitter because I am already paying for it.
Remember the saying "if you are getting it for free, you are the product"?
Completely agreed. In most cases we are the product.
1) I'd like to note that I am replying to the initial authors comment: "I would love the option to pay to ensure Twitter’s continued existence in a usable form".
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 18.9 ms ] threadTwo things:
1) I think in our present day western consumerist world if a comfortable technologist says "I would pay for that" it doesn't literally mean that - it just means "I value it".
2) Regardless, I stand by my previous comment in the other thread - that I would not pay for Twitter. Why? Because I am already paying for it. Twitter gets value from me. My time on Twitter is a form of labour for the company. It's a two way exchange, I benefit from using it - and I like it. I even see advertisements on Twitter. My eyes and clicks are a form of revenue generation for Twitter. I would not pay for Twitter because I am already paying for it.
Remember the saying "if you are getting it for free, you are the product"?
1) I'd like to note that I am replying to the initial authors comment: "I would love the option to pay to ensure Twitter’s continued existence in a usable form".