Ask HN: How would you monetise a social network without ads?
I'm building a social network, part experiment, part serious, mostly as a learning exercise for now. The one sticking point I haven't been able to solve in my head is monetisation and so I thought I would ask you guys for ideas. Thoughts I have had: Donations, premium subscriptions, ask people to pay a small subscription if they say they can afford it (with nothing given in return over a free account), charge for specific features (ability to upload lots of photos for instance). I've ruled out ads for now as it doesn't work with my current concept but I'm open to an ethical way to use ads if possible without any data mining users and without being intrusive, but then at that point what use are the ads? 3 comments on Hacker News.
I'm building a social network, part experiment, part serious, mostly as a learning exercise for now. The one sticking point I haven't been able to solve in my head is monetisation and so I thought I would ask you guys for ideas. Thoughts I have had: Donations, premium subscriptions, ask people to pay a small subscription if they say they can afford it (with nothing given in return over a free account), charge for specific features (ability to upload lots of photos for instance). I've ruled out ads for now as it doesn't work with my current concept but I'm open to an ethical way to use ads if possible without any data mining users and without being intrusive, but then at that point what use are the ads?
I'm building a social network, part experiment, part serious, mostly as a learning exercise for now. The one sticking point I haven't been able to solve in my head is monetisation and so I thought I would ask you guys for ideas. Thoughts I have had: Donations, premium subscriptions, ask people to pay a small subscription if they say they can afford it (with nothing given in return over a free account), charge for specific features (ability to upload lots of photos for instance). I've ruled out ads for now as it doesn't work with my current concept but I'm open to an ethical way to use ads if possible without any data mining users and without being intrusive, but then at that point what use are the ads? 3 comments on Hacker News.
I'm building a social network, part experiment, part serious, mostly as a learning exercise for now. The one sticking point I haven't been able to solve in my head is monetisation and so I thought I would ask you guys for ideas. Thoughts I have had: Donations, premium subscriptions, ask people to pay a small subscription if they say they can afford it (with nothing given in return over a free account), charge for specific features (ability to upload lots of photos for instance). I've ruled out ads for now as it doesn't work with my current concept but I'm open to an ethical way to use ads if possible without any data mining users and without being intrusive, but then at that point what use are the ads?
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