> > I absolutely mind ads, especially on a social media platform. Nobody > will advertise on such a platform unless they can make targeted ads, > and in order to be able to target, the social media plaform has to > violate your privacy six ways from Sunday. I really like reading Dianne Skoll and it resonates with me so much. Thank you for introducing me to hey.cafe On Tue, 3 Mar 2026 at 15:17, Dianne Skoll via linux <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> wrote: > On Tue, 3 Mar 2026 14:53:53 -0500 > James via linux <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> wrote: > > > How does it pay the bills? > > You can get a "PRO" account for $35/year. I did it. I've been on > record for a while as saying I'd pay $3-$5/month for a social media > platform that had groups, but no ads or sponsored posts, and only > showed posts in reverse-chronological order. So I put my money where > my mouth is. > > On Tue, 3 Mar 2026 14:56:17 -0500 > Alan McKay via linux <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> wrote: > > > I don't mind ads at all - need to pay for it somehow. > > I absolutely mind ads, especially on a social media platform. Nobody > will advertise on such a platform unless they can make targeted ads, > and in order to be able to target, the social media plaform has to > violate your privacy six ways from Sunday. > > Again, funding model is paid PRO accounts for $35/year plus tax. > > Regards, > > Dianne. > > To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org > To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org > To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org > > -- Suvro Ghosh He / Him / His Senior Software Engineer, R&D Ecosystem Engineering Red Hat <https://www.redhat.com> sughosh [ at ] redhat [ dot ] com @RedHat <https://twitter.com/redhat> Red Hat <https://www.linkedin.com/company/red-hat> Red Hat <https://www.facebook.com/RedHatInc> <https://www.redhat.com>