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Why can't I just give you money for a service. I don't want ads. I don't want you to give me ad revenue. Just take my money and respect my privacy. Is that really so much to ask. I will happily pay someone a yearly subscription for a simple social network that respects users privacy.
http://app.net
not going to work, checkout Marc Andreessen's take on his own version of the same concept: Ning. Edit: typo Xing Ning
I think you meant Ning [1]. Xing [2] is the German LinkedIn. [1] http://www.ning.com [2] https://www.xing.com
The more I've played with various ways to share revenue with or create economic opportunity for users, the more I've realized that people just don't care about the money. There are of course some notable exceptions to this (Uber, eBay etc), but generally users have jobs and a few extra dollars just isn't enough to motivate them to change a single behavior.
Why can't I just give you money for a service. I don't want ads. I don't want you to give me ad revenue. Just take my money and respect my privacy. Is that really so much to ask. I will happily pay someone a yearly subscription for a simple social network that respects users privacy.
Yet another centralized initiative? Every new initiative is good if it brings new ideas. But sadly, most new social networks we see try to convince people that Facebook is bad (ads, privacy concerns, etc) instead of convincing them that the new thing is good. IMO, this is backwards. I have never heard someone tell me "Facebook should share revenue with us". I mean come on: Facebook hosts servers, creates tons of jobs…
A lot of for-profit companies have referral programs (which is what this amounts to), and many of them have a similar multilevel marketing component. So this isn't really anything new or novel. What I would love to see is an social-media site that is willing to take the concept of sharing profits with its members to the next level and organize itself as a cooperative. Co-ops, unlike for-profit companies, are entirely…
The more I've played with various ways to share revenue with or create economic opportunity for users, the more I've realized that people just don't care about the money. There are of course some notable exceptions to this (Uber, eBay etc), but generally users have jobs and a few extra dollars just isn't enough to motivate them to change a single behavior.
I don't think Tsu should be seen as a way to make money (at least not in a near future) but as a way to get rewarded for the content you produce. The same content which makes the value of Tsu. Take Instagram for example, talented people post beautiful pictures which add value to Instagram. And yet they only are rewarded with likes/comments. Tsu tries to fix this.
Pro tip: Apparently tsu.co has dofollow links, so you can generate quality content _and_ get quality links. Try it out: http://www.tsu.co/seotips
A lot of for-profit companies have referral programs (which is what this amounts to), and many of them have a similar multilevel marketing component. So this isn't really anything new or novel. What I would love to see is an social-media site that is willing to take the concept of sharing profits with its members to the next level and organize itself as a cooperative. Co-ops, unlike for-profit companies, are entirely…
check out http://www.favorsome.com/ , you may find what you're looking for