Genius as it is, it shows the true horrifying extent of commodity fetishism in today's society.
Was that any different in yesterday's or day's before yesterday society? Ever?
The new “Rich Kids” social media app has a membership fee of $1,000 a month
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#22I hope it succeeds and then charges downmarket to invade the middlebrow space where the big profits are (and which Facebook originally catered to with its own kind of snobbishness.) I want to see more of the web paid for directly, rather than funded through snooping. If some platform becomes hip because it is paid for, then it will give people food for thought. A $50/month "social network", including whatever addons…
A $50/month "social network"... ...would be beyond the budget of a large part of the population. Not many people have $600/year to spend on a communications tool. The simple fact is, while it's quite distasteful, paying for services by giving away access to your social profile and contact information is a great leveller. Everyone can afford it if they choose to, so everyone gets to access the benefits of social media…
>>A $50/month "social network" would be beyond the budget of a large part of the population. Not many people have $600/year to spend on a communications tool.
You do realize many cellphone plans cost that much if not a lot more, right?
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#23Genius would be a dating app that costs $500/month :)
For that, you might as well hire one of the many matchmakers who cater to the wealthy.
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#24fail. I don't think rich kids want to be known as rich kids. Even to other rich kids! There are a few that might, but those are the current stars of Snapchat & are probably already under contract.
There's loads of people who pay insane membership prices(sometimes a lot more than $1000/month!) just to be members of an exclusive country club where they know only similarly wealthy individuals are allowed. The only thing that is surprising about this social network to me is that it took this long for someone to get the idea.
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#25Doesn't this restrict the rich kids to competition to other rich kids?
I would've thought the fun part was being a big fish in a small pond.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
A $50/month "social network"... ...would be beyond the budget of a large part of the population. Not many people have $600/year to spend on a communications tool. The simple fact is, while it's quite distasteful, paying for services by giving away access to your social profile and contact information is a great leveller. Everyone can afford it if they choose to, so everyone gets to access the benefits of social media…
>>A $50/month "social network" would be beyond the budget of a large part of the population. Not many people have $600/year to spend on a communications tool. You do realize many cellphone plans cost that much if not a lot more, right?
And the people who can't afford it have cheaper plans, and use mostly WiFi for data
edit: just checked US mobile pricing. Damn you guys are getting ripped off hard
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
A $50/month "social network"... ...would be beyond the budget of a large part of the population. Not many people have $600/year to spend on a communications tool. The simple fact is, while it's quite distasteful, paying for services by giving away access to your social profile and contact information is a great leveller. Everyone can afford it if they choose to, so everyone gets to access the benefits of social media…
>>A $50/month "social network" would be beyond the budget of a large part of the population. Not many people have $600/year to spend on a communications tool. You do realize many cellphone plans cost that much if not a lot more, right?
Based on what observations? Around here most people pay half of that as far as I'm aware - and I'm hoping that this number is even lower in low income countries.
Plus, comparing a general internet access & phone plan with a specific online service seems odd. Even if I'd trust you with this number, paying $50 for 'the internet' or paying the same amount for WhatsApp 2.0 doesn't seem direcly comparable.
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#29I hope it succeeds and then charges downmarket to invade the middlebrow space where the big profits are (and which Facebook originally catered to with its own kind of snobbishness.) I want to see more of the web paid for directly, rather than funded through snooping. If some platform becomes hip because it is paid for, then it will give people food for thought. A $50/month "social network", including whatever addons…
A $50/month "social network"... ...would be beyond the budget of a large part of the population. Not many people have $600/year to spend on a communications tool. The simple fact is, while it's quite distasteful, paying for services by giving away access to your social profile and contact information is a great leveller. Everyone can afford it if they choose to, so everyone gets to access the benefits of social media…
A lot of services are based on exclusivity. Without a pricing barrier to entry you loose that.
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#30Genius as it is, it shows the true horrifying extent of commodity fetishism in today's society.
Why is it horrifying?