7 ms·
That sounds like the renaissance we've all been waiting for. Every would-be entrepreneur's wet dream is a $20/month subscription for Facebook.
by zaru27 8y ago
That sounds like the renaissance we've all been waiting for. Every would-be entrepreneur's wet dream is a $20/month subscription for Facebook.
- wu_tang_chris 8y agoi would pay $2/month at most for facebook.
- zaru27 8y agoExactly
- erichurkman 8y agoThat cost is actually spot on: Facebook, for US users, makes about $26 per user per year IIRC.
- Namrog84 8y agoI know the majority of people I know have at least 2 fb accounts. And then considering bots and other things. I'd imagine then that at least double your quoted amount per real human. Which is bonkers to me personally considering how little I use it.
- jlgray 8y ago$50bn/year would be more revenue than fb had in 2017, though of course the majority of their 2.23bn monthly users would disappear if asked for $.01/mo. It is an interesting thought experiment, though, to consider what facebook would look like if its revenue was derived from convincing users that it was worth a monthly subscription.
- maxxxxx 8y agoRunning Facebook would become much cheaper if they could focus on being a social network instead of being an ad selling business. Right now they have to do both.
- criddell 8y agoI think you're right. When they bought Instagram, it had less than 20 employees because all they had to do was keep the service running. I compare that with Twitter at the time had two thousand employees. It makes no sense to me.
- Radim 8y agoI remember when Facebook was still figuring itself out, back in the day, users could purchase digital gimmicks directly there, to send to other users. Some "pokes" or emojis or something like that, I topped up my FB balance with like $2 or $5 dollars, in ?2006?. When Facebook (quickly) discontinued that silliness, my account silently disappeared. MARK ZUCKERBERG, YOU OWE ME MONEY!