Why no android app?
Why no website as well? Can't use it from a laptop, it's a bit strange for a social media, many don't like typing on a phone.
I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it
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Re: I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it
#32If so this is a meta-or-dead social network.
Making it federated etc. would make me trust it more.
Re: I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it
#33If you want a business model, require payment for long-term subscriptions or large celebrity/news accounts, but you have to overcome the network effect first. Maybe have a dozen or so permanent connections to start with, like MySpace's 8 priority friends.
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#34I really wish more social networks would have a "fading connections" limit. So many social networks suffer from stale connections and networks, and these connections should expire after a year. Otherwise, it will permanently define a social network's content and editorial direction without algorithmic control. For example, Selena Gomez will always have 400million followers on Instagram, but she's socially irrelevant…
You can be married to each other and your posts won't show up on the other person's feed (there's a post on HN about this)
Re: I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it
#35And then it gets stolen and has a trip around the world, meeting new people.
Re: I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it
#36> He said he would sell it to me for $40k. I offered $20k, which he refused but he said if I had any domain names generating ad revenue, we could do a deal of domains and cash. He said he would accept a lower amount if I paid in Bitcoin. > So we worked out a deal where I gave him $20k in Bitcoin and a domain that was making about $9k/year in ad revenue, and he gave me the domain friendster.com. Now I was the owner of…
Re: I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it
#37I really wish more social networks would have a "fading connections" limit. So many social networks suffer from stale connections and networks, and these connections should expire after a year. Otherwise, it will permanently define a social network's content and editorial direction without algorithmic control. For example, Selena Gomez will always have 400million followers on Instagram, but she's socially irrelevant…
Re: I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it
#38Nice. Quick hypoyhetical. Meta offers $1bn in 5 years time when you have 2m users. Will you sell? If so this is a meta-or-dead social network. Making it federated etc. would make me trust it more.