@timbray @anildash I think he means they are gonna be profit-driven eventually. Which probably means ads.
@polotek
they've already raised seed funding from "angel investors", they will doubtless continue to raise money from marks.
given the founders' known propensities, they're probably using the content posted there for LLM datasets, which they'll sell.
economic models don't require ads.
@timbray @anildash
@timbray @anildash @polotek @dgold "extremists about consent" -- wat -- the whole thing about consent is that it is opt-in
@dgold @polotek @timbray I don’t think that’s correct.
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@polotek
they've already raised seed funding from "angel investors", they will doubtless continue to raise money from marks.
given the founders' known propensities, they're probably using the content posted there for LLM datasets, which they'll sell.
economic models don't require ads.
@timbray @anildash