Why should we pay for a commodity like basic communication? The only payment they may deserve is hosting my files and posts. I should be able to set up my own server like email or XMPP. Traditional social networking paradigms are bullshit. I hope identi.ca or Tent succeed.
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#22> he needs to use [Facebook] to communicate with his new co-workers Who uses Facebook for internal company communication?
Facebook themselves use Facebook pretty heavily for internal communication.
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#23Might work, but I bet the actual numbers might be closer to 1% paying $10 a YEAR, which even at that scale diminishes the returns.
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#24The TL;DR: "I bet if Facebook got 10% of the subscribers to pay 10 bucks a month for something, they could make a billion in revenue."
The reason why social media bubble exists is that they call people who use the service "subscribers" These people did not outlay anything they would consider meaningful to enter into said "subscription" contract.
Don't assume seeing mom's pictures of your family's cat somehow assumes people are willing to pay for the service.
source for anecdote: app.net.
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#25Unrelated but why hasn't Facebook ever tried to become a payments platform? They certainly have enough users and I'm guessing they'd make a ton of money.
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#26This is a common error in human misjudgement that just because you had one relevant idea in the past it automatically follows future ideas should be so relevant. But, they're not, and 10% of the people are not going to pay for no ads.
"...and 10% of the people are not going to pay for no ads."
Any data to base this assumption on?
Maybe it won't be 10%... but even 1%, 4%, 6% are a solid revenue stream with a user base the size of Facebook's.
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#27I think if implemented there would a massive conflict of interest because those paying for Facebook premium are going to be the individuals advertisers are targeting most, especially if it's $10 per month.
It's essentially saying lets remove all the people with disposable income out of the eye of the advertisers. To me this seems like biting the hand that feeds.
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#28Sounds like an awful idea that might get you short-term revenue, but kill your long-term strategy. You'd be cannibalizing your most profitable advertising asset, asking for money from the people who least want to give it to you (Facebook users) and spurning it from the people who have more of it and are much more interested in giving it to you. (advertisers)
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#29Why should we pay for a commodity like basic communication? The only payment they may deserve is hosting my files and posts. I should be able to set up my own server like email or XMPP. Traditional social networking paradigms are bullshit. I hope identi.ca or Tent succeed.
computer scientist in not getting social interactions shocker.
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#30Someone willing to pay $10 a month to hide ads probably uses AdBlock.
exactly. and it works across sites, not just on facebook.