• rglullis@communick.news
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    2 days ago

    I wouldn’t try to run a social media company with less than that.

    Then don’t make a “social media company”. Change the game.

    The goal is not to “compete” with social media companies. The goal is to build tools and digital infrastructure that can let people communicate with each other (a) cheaply, (b) without intermediaries and © with robust protections against malicious actors of varying scale.

    Give me 5 million euros and one single year, and I can definitely build it. Fuck, give me half a million and I’ll do it.

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      2 days ago

      I did not, in fact, make a social media company. Rochko did.

      And hey, I mostly agree with the diagnosis in your link. As always with business pitches, I’m more skeptical of the leap in logic from the diagnosis to the proposal for an alternative.

      Also, if a software developer tells me they will have a project done in a year I immediately walk away. Show me a production plan or don’t give me a deadline. But hey, that’s just me and you’re not actually pitching.

      For now, if Flipboard gets there with Surf we can revisit and talk about whether they needed 5 million and a year or not. I don’t think it’s a terrible idea, but also don’t think it’s going to explode. I’m ready to be proven wrong, though.