A lot of decisions at Xitter were made seat-of-the-pants by Muskiboi. No modelling going on and if there is, they’re really bad at it.
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shortwavesurfer@monero.town 7 months agoIt’s a numbers and modeling game. If we charge this much, how many users will we lose? If that number is less than what you will make by doing the change, then the change is worth doing.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 7 months ago
2ncs@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That works until more of the user base leaves. Whose going to pay to tweet if no one is on the platform. It’s “worth” it potentially in the short term, but long term it doesn’t seem viable.
shortwavesurfer@monero.town 7 months ago
At $1/year i expect very few will leave. Now if it were $10 i could see that being more likely.