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Jimmy Wales says his new social network, WT:Social, now has more than 160,000 members.
The platform says it will never sell user data and relies on "the generosity of individual donors" rather than ads.
Those who do sign up are added to a waiting list and asked to invite others, or choose a subscription payment.
It is positioning itself as a "news focused" place, and says members will be able to edit "misleading" headlines.
They will see the articles shared by their network in a timeline format, appearing with the newest first rather than algorithmically to try to appeal to their interests.
The subscription is £10 per month or £80 per year in the UK (€12 / €90 in Europe, $13 / $100 in the US).
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-50460243
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 20 2019, @01:32AM (10 children)
Why should I pay you $100 per year so you can track me and advertise to me? I'm going to stick to Facebook... it's free as in free beer, and free as in free love.
(Score: 4, Offtopic) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday November 20 2019, @01:41AM (8 children)
TANSTAAFL
The only reason the love appears to be free, is Facebook hasn't figured out how to impregnate you. So, lie back, and enjoy the fucking!!
(Score: 3, Informative) by c0lo on Wednesday November 20 2019, @02:12AM (7 children)
Not gonna lie to ya, that's the best parapraxis of this year's end. Runaway, the guy for whom fucking is lying back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday November 20 2019, @02:19AM (6 children)
Das sexis! Women can do the fucking too. See: here [lmgtfy.com] or watch Deadpool [youtube.com] for further reference.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by c0lo on Wednesday November 20 2019, @02:26AM (5 children)
Nothing sexis when it comes to Runaway, tho. He's past that age, all he can do is lying about.
A few more years and he'll even lose his memories about sex. (large grin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday November 20 2019, @04:25AM (4 children)
Better to lose memories than mammaries I spose. Apparently the little blue pill has completely grossed out every retirement home worker since the 90s.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday November 20 2019, @04:45AM (2 children)
Those workers, they better stop taking the blue pill, yea?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by Webweasel on Wednesday November 20 2019, @11:58AM (1 child)
Yeah, but if you take the redpill you end up an incel.
Priyom.org Number stations, Russian Military radio. "You are a bad, bad man. Do you have any other virtues?"-Runaway1956
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday November 20 2019, @03:46PM
You got that backwards. Incels are damned near exclusively Betas and most of them wouldn't take a red pill if you told them it would get them laid three times a day for life, add sixty years to their life, add six inches to their schlong, and cure world hunger. See, even SJW chicks don't get turned on by Betas; they'll throw politics right out the window and fuck a straight up red-pilled Alpha before they fuck a Beta.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 20 2019, @02:40PM
But it prevents them from rolling out of bed at night.
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Thursday November 21 2019, @04:36AM
"I'm going to stick to Facebook... it's free as in free beer, and free as in free love."
....and free as in herpes.
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.