pay for digital social spaces
exploring a future of digital social spaces / networks where users pay
pay for digital social spaces
The WFH coworking community for people doing things differently šŖ©
groove.ooo
āGroove's membership costs $18/month or $120/year USDā
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read.cv
Read.cv / Posts - free plan or āname a fair priceā (suggested $6/month), gets you some perks, including āsupporterā badge
It's almost like the equivalent of going to mom and pop shops, not relying on these bigger anomalies to dictate our spending habits and our viewing habits and our work habits. And I think that there's a future in this world where Patreons and OnlyFans and Substacks and all these things, we're going to start supporting each other
Rachel Nguyen
I wish more media / subscription products didnāt have auto-renew as an unchangeable default.
Any time I see that - even if it says ācancel at any timeā - it deters me from taking action in that moment because Iām worried about forgetting to cancel it later, and then getting charged $19.99 or whatever.
A better approach would be: weāll charge you $10
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Saumya Gupta ā¢ Build IRL Newsletter #19
from BuildIRL team; exploring challenges builders have w/ āduesā
social.coop - Open Collective
opencollective.com
social.coop - a mastodon server that charges a membership fee
Imagine a geographically-local-oriented digital social space thatās funded by a mix of local city government (tax $$) and local big philanthropy, plus allows for small individual donations too. Like the ābricksā or signage in a local library or museum, the people who contribute would be recognized publicly for their support. The money would go towa
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