neilfd

Understood, but people also pay for ad-less subscriptions too. Pay for Social Media without Ads? Just a hypothesis

I am grossly aware of features not always being the answer - but - i think that there are features built into the app im building that will create value. Whether it is enough value, only customers can decide!

My early thoughts on pricing are that the free version allows you to keep a rolling 30 day window of content, it is built to encourage you to post every day, recording your life, with some soft journalling, phot prompts etc, so 30 days gives you a month free. on day 31, you can no longer access the 1st days content, day 32, 1st and 2nd days content is faded, subscription allows you access to your whole timeline, if you unsub, the 30 day window cuts back in. Subscription allows you access to everything - £2-4 a month is what im thinking. Might be dumb, might not be

if anyone would like to look at he prototype, feel free my-mosaic.me

That distinction resonates.

If you assume the unit of value is a pre-existing group rather than an individual user, do you think paid access becomes viable earlier, or does it introduce different failure modes?

I’m interested in whether group-first adoption meaningfully changes the cold start problem, or simply moves it?

Great feedback - i take the point on verification on data harvesting, any ideas on solving that?

I think subscriptions could work, people pay not to have ads in other media they consume, ive built a prototype platform, that allows users to curate their life in it, part social network, part journal, part support. i want to also build in safety features for children so parents feel safe letting their children online. would love some feedback on the premise.