More important than who owns Twitter is whether anybody can create a massive new social networking service. Also, what would a non-profit version of Twitter—let’s call it Quack—look like?
Hi Dennis, thanks for reading The Dispatch! I'm curious: how would advertising discourage contributions on Quack? There are plenty of sponsors/advertisers on NPR, but they still get most of their $ from listeners...
Advertising would break the NPR model, both because advertisers need to bend the truth a bit, and because it would discourage contributions.
As for popular accounts coaxing their followers to the new platform, post teasers on Twitter, but link to their posts on Quack.
Hi Dennis, thanks for reading The Dispatch! I'm curious: how would advertising discourage contributions on Quack? There are plenty of sponsors/advertisers on NPR, but they still get most of their $ from listeners...
Curiously,
Brad
Thanks for the Biden interview, Brad. Happy to take the Quack Pledge when the time comes, too!