Threads spotted exploring ads, but says 'no immediate timeline' toward monetization | TechCrunch
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These findings indicate that Threads engineers are exploring ad technology, but that doesn't mean Threads will debut ads anytime soon, as some suspect.
  • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
    145·
    9 个月前

    They need to make it nice first, to reel people in. Once they are in and invested, that’s when ads start.

    • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      28·
      9 个月前

      Yep. that’s the classic shitty business model

      • Make a site that’s attractive to use for a lot of people

      • Once you have enough people, lock in the users with network effect, walled garden, etc

      • Use the users to draw in businesses

      • Lock in the businesses and squeeze them for profit.

      • Squeeze users and businesses for money, abandon any maintenance and improvement on the site except for monetization.

      • Hadriscus@lemm.eeEnglish
        22·
        9 个月前

        It’s the 3 D’s.

        1. Develop the product
        2. Draw people in
        3. Dump a nice steamy log on the whole thing