austApr 5, 2017
I'm used to thinking about social networks in terms of Silicon Valley - need 500m users or failure. But Mastodon could have 50k users that love it and that's just fine
Show threadLes OrchardApr 5, 2017
@aust It's almost like most Silicon Valley companies need millions of users to extract fractional cents of value via advertising to make ends meet
Show threadSonya Mann ✅Apr 5, 2017
@lmorchard @aust yeah fractional, uh huh https://adexchanger.com/platforms/facebook-made-almost-20-average-revenue-per-user-q4-big-jump/
Show threadLes OrchardApr 5, 2017
@sonya Yeah, not everybody can be Facebook though. Most folks are worth ~$6/month across the entire web's advertising apparatus @aust
Show threadLes Orchard
@sonya (though my number might be out of date) @aust
Apr 5, 2017 at 4:26amWeb
Show threadSonya Mann ✅Apr 5, 2017
@lmorchard @aust it's true that Facebook is top of the stack here, but I think people tend to underestimate advertising and it bugs me