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Re: Elite social media

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Post by ThomPete »

I am a member of Erik Wachtmeister first company A Small World I haven't logged in for ages heard they now charge.

This sounds exactly the same and will probably fail for exactly the same issues. A lot of the people aren't really "1 percenters" at all but rather people who live of the "1 percenters" and so the benefits one ends up getting unless they are trying to make money on these people are easy to overlook.

A much better example of a 1 percenter community is Angellist's syndicates. I got a lot of connections that way.

Re: Elite social media

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Post by B1FF_PSUVM »

aphextron wrote: post #3

Reminds me of the 'I Am Rich' app launched back in '08. It was just an app that says 'I am Rich' and cost $999.99 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Rich ) Moral of the story: rich people will always want to show off that they are rich.

> Moral of the story: rich people will always want to show off that they are rich.

Selection bias in your sample.

The richest person I've met used to drive a small twenty year old car. Could afford at least a few Bugattis or so.

Re: Elite social media

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Post by ben_jones »

kolbe wrote: post #9

Hacker News is the only elite organization I like hanging out at!! All things aside, HN always seems to be so serious in its discussion about content, and I never get the opportunity to say how much I appreciate this place.

Have you seen many of the discussions around tools like Javascript, Golang, Django, Docker? Quite often they devolve into tiny opinionated nuances and you have to pull your head out of your laptop and ask yourself "what year is it??"

Re: Elite social media

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Post by tjalfi »

aphextron wrote: post #3

Reminds me of the 'I Am Rich' app launched back in '08. It was just an app that says 'I am Rich' and cost $999.99 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Rich ) Moral of the story: rich people will always want to show off that they are rich.

The book the Miliionaire Next Door[0] is full of counterexamples.

(http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/s/stanley-millionaire.htm...)

Edited to add the following paragraph.

The child post accurately points out that these families are not in the 1%.

Re: Elite social media

#15

Post by joelrunyon »

ThomPete wrote: post #11

I am a member of Erik Wachtmeister first company A Small World I haven't logged in for ages heard they now charge. This sounds exactly the same and will probably fail for exactly the same issues. A lot of the people aren't really "1 percenters" at all but rather people who live of the "1 percenters" and so the benefits one ends up getting unless they are trying to make money on these people are easy to overlook. A mu…

Ah - interesting.

I was a part of A Small World. The unique-ness of it was a draw at first, but it fizzled pretty quickly. Don't know anyone early on who stuck it out...

Re: Elite social media

#16

Post by s_kilk »

Animats wrote: post #5

If you have a Bloomberg terminal, you get access to a message board much like Craigslist. If you want to rent out your yacht, that's the place to go.

I want to believe that board is sub-4chan levels of relentless shitposting.

Re: Elite social media

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Post by Neliquat »

s_kilk wrote: post #16
Animats wrote: post #5

If you have a Bloomberg terminal, you get access to a message board much like Craigslist. If you want to rent out your yacht, that's the place to go.

I want to believe that board is sub-4chan levels of relentless shitposting.

Petition to add /b/ to the bloomberg panel. Might improve things. Or just crash the rare pepe market.

Re: Elite social media

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Post by badpenny »

ThomPete wrote: post #11

I am a member of Erik Wachtmeister first company A Small World I haven't logged in for ages heard they now charge. This sounds exactly the same and will probably fail for exactly the same issues. A lot of the people aren't really "1 percenters" at all but rather people who live of the "1 percenters" and so the benefits one ends up getting unless they are trying to make money on these people are easy to overlook. A mu…

Smooth humblebrag.

Re: Elite social media

#19

Post by aswanson »

B1FF_PSUVM wrote: post #12
aphextron wrote: post #3

Reminds me of the 'I Am Rich' app launched back in '08. It was just an app that says 'I am Rich' and cost $999.99 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Rich ) Moral of the story: rich people will always want to show off that they are rich.

> Moral of the story: rich people will always want to show off that they are rich. Selection bias in your sample. The richest person I've met used to drive a small twenty year old car. Could afford at least a few Bugattis or so.

Exactly. Rich people tend to have rich people habits and are more concerned with putting capital to work for them rather than impressing people with expensive purchases. That's more of a 'new' money, financially illiterate habit. There's a reason pro athletes and lottery winners go broke more often than not.

Re: Elite social media

#20

Post by dingaling »

It's not quite 'elite' but The Well is a fairly exclusive and well-connected social network, which has been running online for over 30 years now:

https://www.well.com/join.html

I dabbled in it a couple of decades ago when there was a special-offer for a month's membership, it was certainly highbrow compared to Usenet at the time.

$150 is a fair chunk of cash for a year's membership, but does keep the rabble out whilst not being much of a road-bump to those who are keen.

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