I really liked this article. I think these are all very good ideas. I especially like the idea of treating this as a more scientific process and to add some emphasis on the positives. Otherwise the whole thing can feel like the bi-weekly bitchfest which is a negative energy thing.
I love these sorts of initiatives. I love the idea of there being a full and open social network experience to replace the Facebooks, Twitters, etc. of the world. However the big thing I struggle to understand is the financing. It costs a lot of money to run that infrastructure and to pay the developers and management team. Where does the money come from? The FAQ says crowdfunding. The target for that is 1 million euros. That's probably less than a month of cloud capacity or development team members for a modest sized social network. What then is the mechanism for paying for these sorts of places? Would the old fashioned subscription models still work? Would it use ads but ones that aren't built on top of the user's data thus having far less efficacy and have far lower ad rates than on other social networks.
Likewise this network is concentrating on fully public knowledge development and transfer. What do people do for private data? Their favorite pictures, their personal thoughts they want to share with friends, etc. These are not what is being targeted by Human Connection, it seems, so is a more general question.
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I really liked this article. I think these are all very good ideas. I especially like the idea of treating this as a more scientific process and to add some emphasis on the positives. Otherwise the whole thing can feel like the bi-weekly bitchfest which is a negative energy thing.
I love these sorts of initiatives. I love the idea of there being a full and open social network experience to replace the Facebooks, Twitters, etc. of the world. However the big thing I struggle to understand is the financing. It costs a lot of money to run that infrastructure and to pay the developers and management team. Where does the money come from? The FAQ says crowdfunding. The target for that is 1 million euros. That's probably less than a month of cloud capacity or development team members for a modest sized social network. What then is the mechanism for paying for these sorts of places? Would the old fashioned subscription models still work? Would it use ads but ones that aren't built on top of the user's data thus having far less efficacy and have far lower ad rates than on other social networks.
Likewise this network is concentrating on fully public knowledge development and transfer. What do people do for private data? Their favorite pictures, their personal thoughts they want to share with friends, etc. These are not what is being targeted by Human Connection, it seems, so is a more general question.