#Ofc the business would go 'okay then we'll make this product more like other ones with bigger user bases that actually pay money' | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

sweetenby · 1 year ago

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Im saying this as someone who's secondary social media is vent. (An app so unprofitable the former owner had to lie to sell it and the current owner is losing money to keep it afloat.) But no matter how anticapitalist the user base is, it will never change that social media is firstly a product. And that if products don't make money they get taken off the market.

#I'm not in the mood to online discourse but I am in the mood to complain so unrebloggable #But damn it's fucking wild how Mad some people are getting over ppl saying 'u know if tumblr gets no money it will shut down?'#Like the amount of ppl who seem to just be like 'no what the fuck how dare you say that'#Like it's just a true statement?????#Frankly the only reason vent is still running despite being in the red for so long is #I have no idea #It should have shut down like it was going to shut down then the owner went 'actually ummm I've decided to not do that!'#Like huh?#But the whole app got gutted and replaced with a shittier cheaper version that sucks that I still don't like #But vent example aside #It's so weird to me to use a free product and just. Be so big mad when they go #'Hey were trying really hard to keep this product free but it's losing money now if you like this product could you give us money?'#And then when the current users say 'fuck you no'#Ofc the business would go 'okay then we'll make this product more like other ones with bigger user bases that actually pay money'#I'm on the fence if I actually like tumblr or actually want to keep using social media bc its not been good for my mental health #But just interesting to see how much ppl love denying the reality of what's going on #I don't think tumblrs current user base is going to ever shell up the money to keep this place running though #Really not sure if they'd be able to attract new users #The whole internet seems like it's getting too expensive to up keep #I think social media is discovering its never going to be as profitable as the businesses who own it wanted it to be lol #So everything is getting worse as the businesses are trying to squeeze blood from a stone at this point #It internet has already changed so much but it's about to change even more #Honestly the US is probably about to go into a recession #So I think social media is just one of many things that's struggling to make money rn which is why it's all looking bad

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