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ervaqre schreef op 22-11-2016 8:47:
>>> I don't mean Instagram the company, but the Instagram users. On
>>> YouTube I know channel owners get a percentage of the ad revenues. So
>>> more followers translates to more views and more money.
>>>
>>> But how do Instagram users make money? As far as I know it mostly
>>> consists of women wearing something skimpy who then have 3 million
>>> followers. How do they monetize that I have always wondered.
>>
>> By directing traffic elsewhere? Like Youtube or even E-bay. Plenty of
>> people and companies have a "web presence" over multiple "platforms" in
>> order to direct users to possible "monetization opportunities". Or they
>> get money from their followers through stuff like Patreon.
>
> It still doesn't sound like it will earn them a lot. If you have
> millions of followers you will of course, but not if you only have
> 30k. I guess I need to work harder on pretending I have an awesome
> life on Instagram.

Well, apparently Youtube doesn't earn people a lot either. Hence the 
whole Patreon thing you see at the beginning or end of some productions. 
I know on Twitter some monetize their tweets by throwing in sponsored 
content.

>>> So I was going to make a joke about my new country of residence that
>>> is related to das Wetter, but then I realized the native tribes do not
>>> have a sense of humor. Oh well, it's not raining today anyway!
>>
>> You've decided to live in Germany??? But they've had such bad
>> experiences with foreign dictators within their borders...
>>
>> Just make sure you don't mention the war.
>
> I have no ambitions to become a dictator yet. For now, I will just
> shut up and eat sausages every day. But it's a welcome change from
> China. People at least speak Turkish here.

The Germans can speak Turkish as much as they want. Just as long as they 
don't start firing people because of alleged connection to an 
organization alleged to have been part of a failed coup. That way you're 
just motivating people to organize a new coup.

>>> What kind of handles? Steel handles? Wooden handles? Stone
>>> handles? Concrete handles? Rubber handles? Paper handles? Chocolate
>>> handles? Strawberry handles?
>>
>> Pine.
>
> Dat hebben we niet!

Is "that having we not" even English???

>>>> Actually I avoid the pranky ones.
>>>
>>> If you don't know about all their tricks, you run the risk of being
>>> pranked yourself one day. Imagine you're going to the supermarket with
>>> your earphones in and a nasty pranksters chooses you as the victim!
>>
>> Nah, they usually go for pretty people. Or at least presentable ones.
>> *WE* are safe.
>
> WE? Are you refering to yourself as WE now? Because I am very
> presentable. I even once was asked to be a model!

A model what? A model citizen? A model train? A Dinky Toy?
Wait. This was in China, wasn't it? They needed an American for a 
commercial and the closest they got was you?

>>> You seem to take me for some sort of Linux nerd. Then again, I am
>>> typing in a console this very moment. The only reasonable argument
>>> against getting a games console is that I will use up all my free time
>>> and gain weight at an alarming rate. Hurg.
>>>
>> On the plus side you'd avoid all those people that talk funny, yet have
>> no sense of humor.
>
> You mean the Germans? I think they are all right. Here in this part of
> the country they're very similar to the Dutch. I think one day I even
> noticed one of them smiling.
>
That one failed the citizenship-test. Even Merkel won't show mercy and 
kick that one out.

-- 
Danny.