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#141

Post by tshaddox »

leobg wrote: post #140
crazygringo wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> if it wasn't dependent on selling ads. The need to drive engagement Driving engagement isn't a consequence of ads. Netflix tries to aggressively drive engagement too and it doesn't have ads. The reason is simple: the less people use a service, the more likely they are to unsubscribe. The more likely they are to spend their time on a competing service that's doing a better job at driving engagement. Driving engageme…

Well, there always has been a substantial difference in the quality of journalism between newspapers (subscription based) and tabloids (sold individually), wasn’t there? What the internet adds, of course, is the constant competitive pressure of other content which will always be flashier, clickbaity, and emotion-triggering than yours. So people will switch faster if you don’t compete on these terms. By contrast, a NY…

If old movies are to be believed, you could always buy newspapers individually from little boxes on the sidewalk for from the kiosk of a friendly guy who knows everyone in the neighborhood.

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#144

Post by noyesno »

silisili wrote: post #6

It's neat but seems ephemeral. Maybe that's the point. I had a not similar but related idea, basically borne from my hatred of Twitter. Basically, you'd only be able to make a comment if you have a credit. Credits would be time based, probably 1 or 2 a day. The only other way to get credits is if the person you replied to likes your comment. Basically, the idea being to quit getting people being so controversial and…

Have a look at hubski.com, it uses a similar method.

Re: Minus

#145

Post by EllieEffingMae »

andreygrehov wrote: post #62

In an effort to get people to look into each other’s eyes more, and also to appease the mutes, the government has decided to allot each person exactly one hundred and sixty-seven words, per day. When the phone rings, I put it to my ear without saying hello. In the restaurant I point at chicken noodle soup. I am adjusting well to the new way. Late at night, I call my long distance lover, proudly say I only used fifty-…

I first encountered this poem on a pamphlet handed out at my uncles funeral. It has remained one of my favourite poems of all time.

When I was younger it read as a sad poem about loving someone more than they love you. Now that I'm an adult, it feels more like a similar vibe to what I experience when I save the energy to make dinner for my partner when they get home from work.

Re: Minus

#146

Post by draugadrotten »

crazygringo wrote: post #39
01100011 wrote: post #34

I wonder what sorts of social media we'd see if it wasn't dependent on selling ads. The need to drive engagement and sell things to people tends to limit the types of social media. It's nice to see an experiment like this but I don't know if it will go anywhere. I was thinking the other day of an idea where you take turns with people in your circle to become a 'star' for a period of time(day, days, week, hour, whatev…

> if it wasn't dependent on selling ads. The need to drive engagement Driving engagement isn't a consequence of ads. Netflix tries to aggressively drive engagement too and it doesn't have ads. The reason is simple: the less people use a service, the more likely they are to unsubscribe. The more likely they are to spend their time on a competing service that's doing a better job at driving engagement. Driving engageme…

>Netflix tries to aggressively drive engagement too and it doesn't have ads.

Do you really believe that or are you not seeing all the product placements as advertisment?

proceeds to slowly sip from branded bottle, carefully placing it on the table with the labels towards the camera

Re: Minus

#147

Post by cyborgx7 »

01100011 wrote: post #34

I wonder what sorts of social media we'd see if it wasn't dependent on selling ads. The need to drive engagement and sell things to people tends to limit the types of social media. It's nice to see an experiment like this but I don't know if it will go anywhere. I was thinking the other day of an idea where you take turns with people in your circle to become a 'star' for a period of time(day, days, week, hour, whatev…

>I wonder what sorts of social media we'd see if it wasn't dependent on selling ads.

I hope we, as a society, can rediscover publicly funded infrastructure. If I was in a position of power in my national government I would push for some amount of cloud storage, a web presence and a public image hosting site (among others, this is just off the top of my head), accessible to all citizens, free of charge.

Re: Minus

#148

Post by gvv »

SkyMarshal wrote: post #139
aero-glide2 wrote: post #137

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Use temp-mail.org

It's not a privacy issue for me, more a labor issue. I don't want to make the effort to create an account (and verify my email address) without at least checking out the activity on the site.

writing this post probably took more time than doing that to be fair :)

Re: Minus

#150

Post by makach »

How about I throw in a shitload of money only request is that you allow me to post regardless of that limit?

Concept seems flawed.

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