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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: 3, Interesting) by KilroySmith on Wednesday November 20 2019, @02:23AM (7 children)
For $100 / year, I can subscribe to PornHub premium. They at least have significant expenses - not just hosting and data, but paying for content.
What expenses does a social network have? And how could they approach the bandwidth and content costs of a porn site?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by c0lo on Wednesday November 20 2019, @02:33AM (3 children)
Well, publicly signalling on social media that you value your privacy is included in that price. (grin)
Try doing that with your pornhub account and come back to tell us your experience. (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, @04:26AM (1 child)
You got social in my privacy!
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday November 20 2019, @09:46PM
Nah, mate, that's what Runaway was trying to do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 3, Insightful) by barbara hudson on Thursday November 21 2019, @12:41AM
SoylentNews is social media. Says so right in the slogan. Soylentnews is people, not tech.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 20 2019, @02:39AM (1 child)
Hiring data mining engineers and marketing psychologists isn't cheap you know...
(Score: 3, Interesting) by barbara hudson on Thursday November 21 2019, @12:36AM
What I could go for is a revival of Usenet Newsgroups. No emojis, no text messages converted to images, and both moderated and unmoderated groups. No binaries, to reduce bandwidth requirements. No gimmicks like "likes".
SoylentNews is social media. Says so right in the slogan. Soylentnews is people, not tech.
(Score: 5, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday November 20 2019, @04:28AM
Plus you get to see videos of people having sex instead of retarded memes and people who feel the need to post images of the text of their messages instead of just the text.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.