***$13 is asking a lot.*** Not compared to pay TV that was about $100! But I've not signed up, deciding it'd make more sense to actually watch the stuff on the two streaming services I'm actually already subscribed too! (Amazon's and CuriosityStream.) My main problem is my TV's not net-connected. But the tablet I have is OK for streaming stuff, which is better than sitting at my desk to watch video.
Assuming the basics are being able to post and have a friends and communities feed, it's reasonable for that I think.
Whether that's a good (economic) model for a FB alternative is hard to say. Technically though, my guess would be that a distributed system would be better than the central server model. Maybe open-source software that would allow you to support X number of users on your own site with the means to communicate with other sites running the same software. Thus no single point of failure, and they could be both paid or free sites.
How to balance the load on a site that has a very popular user would need to be considered though. But that I'm sure is a more-or-less solved problem, probably. Hmmm. Blockchain? [Searches...] https://akasha.world/ :)
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Assuming the basics are being able to post and have a friends and communities feed, it's reasonable for that I think.
Whether that's a good (economic) model for a FB alternative is hard to say. Technically though, my guess would be that a distributed system would be better than the central server model. Maybe open-source software that would allow you to support X number of users on your own site with the means to communicate with other sites running the same software. Thus no single point of failure, and they could be both paid or free sites.
How to balance the load on a site that has a very popular user would need to be considered though. But that I'm sure is a more-or-less solved problem, probably. Hmmm. Blockchain? [Searches...] https://akasha.world/ :)