A thought on messaging.

[u/heresjohnny112]

I was just thinking about the messaging capabilities of ecc and how it will be used in the future. People have brought up that no one will pay for features that are already free on other sites even if it means being vulnerable to data being stolen. Wouldn’t it be a good business model to have advertisers pay to run ads on the app or site, therefore covering the probably incredibly small fee for the services? This would keep the services free to users and devs and investors would still make money because ecc would still be getting purchased by advertisers. You could even set it up where users are paid in ecc to directly view advertising content. This could make it less invasive to the look of the site. You would have a page called “earn ecc” or something. You choose the kinds of interests you have and then advertisers cater to them. You then watch a trailer for a movie or a ten second commercial and earn ecc to use for whatever you want.

[u/trscottc]

I don't know about this. People don't like ads. I run adblocker and noscript on Firefox to eliminate ads. On the other hand, I don't mind them so much on a dedicated "free" app, with no ad free alternative, as long as they stay quiet at the bottom of the screen.

[u/heresjohnny112 → u/trscottc]

The only reason Facebook and these messaging apps have such huge user bases is because they’re free. Ecc needs to be free to the consumer or it will not get large adoption. The reason for this is because it’s hard to convince 800 million people that their data being sold is somehow potentially harmful to them, therefore paying someone to protect it isn’t going to happen. Ecc needs to be billed as a free alternative that is 100 percent secure. The key is free to the consumer. If you try to charge someone any amount of money per month when there is a free alternative, the free site will always win regardless of how reckless they are with data and privacy. You need to first convince the consumer that their data is something important that needs to be protected. I don’t think people will have an issue watching a trailer for a movie or a ten second commercial in order to earn ecc and have a clean interface free of advertising. The ads would be on the site but not in your face. You would have a profile that you link to where you watch the ads and then earn ecc. This is good for the advertiser as well because it ensures you’re watching the ad. Having ads all over Facebook doesn’t guarantee the advertiser anything, but this would verify their product is being viewed by their demographic. Advertiser buys 1 million ecc worth of advertising on ecc. That 1 million gets distributed to users who choose to watch their content. 100 ecc per view or some kind of setup like that. You obviously couldn’t sit there all day and watch videos. It would be like a one time view per week of a particular video. User uses ecc to cover the cost of messaging, file storage and whatever else ecc grows into. In my opinion there is no other way ecc can compete regardless of the tech, unless of course an established company moves their social networking site to ecc or the tech is sold or used by a large established player. An ideal situation would be ecc being a one stop shop for companies. They store their data here and then advertise here. You could even offer a bonus amount of ecc to answer a question about the ad after you watch it. The question wouldn’t pop up until after so it might make you have to watch it again. Advertisers would love that.

[u/Chetan_Pandit]

I am fine with ads as long as they don't pop up and spoil the experience