Dear respected RG colleagues,
As all of us know that there is no thing free of charge, so,
Why are social media websites for free? Including academic social media like ResearchGate?
Waiting your kind comment.
Regards, Emad
Why are social media websites for free?
Think there is still no free lunch in the world. Some social media websites are being perceived to be free might due to the following reasons:
Why are social media websites for free?
Think there is still no free lunch in the world. Some social media websites are being perceived to be free might due to the following reasons:
Brilliant comment as usual dear Dr. Han Ping Fung , I utterly agree with your point of view and thank you so much for sharing your impressive comment.
Regards, Emad
Dear Dr. Emad
I guess they are aware that people eventually try out something which is free and then in no time (if the website is really interesting) in no time it gets its audience and finally the revenue through advertisements (as stated very descriptively by Dr. Han Ping Fung).
Dear Sir,
Not at all, dear Dr. Emad the social media websites never has been free, the platforms are depending on penetration of users, therefore they are earning a lot of money.
Regards
I agree and share the views of Han and Assad . I just want to add that social media websites collect a lot of information about all users about their habits, their preferences, etc. This information is of great importance for markets and for personalized advertising.
Of course they are free for members not for all. Take RG, do you not come across ads, given e.g. If you take Facebook and LinkedIn I see many ads.
Thanks for sharing your question. I think they offer their service for free to gain a lot of users. Beside, I highly recommend the answer of Mr. Hang.
Opportunity to Meet New People
Join Groups that Share your Interests
Helps Businesses to Reach Out
There is no free launch. I think the free websites are just making their goodwill and at some point of time in the future they will carry it on payment basis.
Thanks dear Dr. Mutasem Z. Bani-Fwaz for your kind comment, and I do agree with you Sir.
Regards, Emad
Dear Emad,
Nothing is free since companies pay for publicity and we pay ourselves by our time and everyone is a winner except us.
--Boussetta
Dear Dr. Emad,
In the present world no organization can sustain without profit. No doubt, social medias are doing societal work but they are also earning adopting various intelligent ways.
Apparently, the sites are free for members for some basic facilities/ services. The ways of earning are not completely same for all social medias. But the most common way for a social website to generate fund is from advertisements.
Mr. Han Ping Fung has mentioned some other ways. To know detail, company wise study is required.
Regards
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