They should have it so that people can outbid each other - The more they pay, the more features/exposure they get. I bet that there are some egomaniacs out there who would pay 30K per month each.
The new “Rich Kids” social media app has a membership fee of $1,000 a month
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>>A $50/month "social network" would be beyond the budget of a large part of the population. Not many people have $600/year to spend on a communications tool. You do realize many cellphone plans cost that much if not a lot more, right?
I pay roughly 7$/month for my phone plane here in Italy...
Me too. 6.05 Euro for 2 hours of voice calls (which I never use fully), 120 SMS (same as before), 2 GB data (anything the tower has up to LTE). I typically use 300 MB of data and some 3 GB of WiFi. Most people won't find those 2 hours of voice calls enough, but voice calls in apps are starting to erode the "real" calls.
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#53Doesn'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.
This was my initial thought too. I expect they'll push very hard for Facebook etc. integration to try and get these people's followers to move platform. From what I can gather users can still lurk, you just have to pay to be a poster; a few gratis accounts for popular social media personalities would be able to get lots of people on board.
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You don't know many truly rich kids, do you? I mean really rich, not doctors kids, but actual multimillionaires kids. I knew them a bit and private paid social network would suit them well.
i know some rich adults & they certainly don't want to be known as rich. Just the term "rich kids" -- I doubt a rich kid would want to associate. I hope they didn't spend too long writing the app -- well just to get this far, creating & launching the thing - that's not a fail. Hopefully they didn't outsource, though I suppose that's a skill too.
The whole "rich kids" thing is quite a big scene on social media. The richkidsofinstagram account [0] is pretty demonstrative. It's akin to the "lad" culture phenomenon in the UK (and abroad?) which was perpetuated by The Lad Bible [1] and other hugely popular accounts (now dedicated websites). I don't doubt that there are many show offs ready to pay $1000/month for an account, my only question is whether there will be enough people to show off to.
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#55Previously they sold a pixel for dollar (1000$ = 1000 pixels) and now they sale one account for one thousand (1000$ = ˜1000 pixels). Nothing changes under this moon.
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You don't know many truly rich kids, do you? I mean really rich, not doctors kids, but actual multimillionaires kids. I knew them a bit and private paid social network would suit them well.
i know some rich adults & they certainly don't want to be known as rich. Just the term "rich kids" -- I doubt a rich kid would want to associate. I hope they didn't spend too long writing the app -- well just to get this far, creating & launching the thing - that's not a fail. Hopefully they didn't outsource, though I suppose that's a skill too.
A lot of "rich kids" are as empty as it goes with no morals and screwed values. Trust me, they are nowhere close to rich adults. Imagine you being 8 years old and having access to the unlimited credit card. Majority people in such situation would show off in school, don t you think? That is majority rich kids mentality - they will not grow up and change. It's too easy to solve all issues through money so they are usually as lazy as it goes. They are empty, and the only way for them to be somebody, someone unique is by using their parent's credit card and by showing off.
edit: Just to be clear - at one stage of my life I lived in a "millionaires" closed community, so I know from my own experience how the kids are. Not all but I would say it goes 50/50. 50% are empty and showing off, and rest are either quite normal or even ambitious.
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UK cellphone costs: £7.50/month = 500 MB data + 250 minutes + unlimited texts £20/month = unlimited data + unlimited minutes + unlimited texts
Could you please direct me to the latter deal? I didn't find anything like that when I came to renew my plan.
https://www.giffgaff.com/sim-only-plans
Speed restrictions apply after 6GB of data usage.
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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?
Such outrageous pricing is a US thing.
Another data point to ad to sibling comments citing prices in Europe:
$4.80 monthly in Russia for 250 minutes, 250 SMS and 1GB.