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[–] nucleative@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Facebook probably isn't the one to do it. But paid social media, if it worked like social media from 1999, would probably be worth a few bucks a month.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It used to be that your ISP included subscription for newsgroups, etc in the connection costs.

[–] nucleative@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Still just a couple bucks if newsgroups float your boat!

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I'm voluntarily paying for my LW account but the admins don't know whose money transfer belongs to which account.