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@vgr
Is there a biz model blog post somewhere? I’m foggy on how the VC-funded company behind FC is supposed to deliver a return if arbitrary 3rd parties can do hubs and clients and other apps. A lesson I’m drawing from the Twitter mess is that the core company has to make good $ before it can afford to create abundanc
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Like, to the extent I’m inclined to give Musk the benefit of doubt it has to do with the pressure to bring in enough revenue to justify the acquisition price. Until EPS is in a good place he will not be acting from an abundance mindset.
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Namespace, ads, freemium seem like stub web2 ideas with hard ceilings. I’d like to see a heavyweight imaginative one. I think there’s gaming potential here. Dark Forest ish. Prompt games. Token based polling features.
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i like your idea of buying casts you like. i always thought that should be a thing. why is a cast any less purchase-worthy than a blog post or a jpeg
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