New elements include the counterpart of the Facebook Like button, the I don't love button. Facebook has deliberately chosen to like in a positive way only. Does this not make Pheed a hate platform? The Bieber haters are certainly not happy about it. In addition, Pheed looks a lot more attractive than Facebook; you can upload your own background to make your channel stand out visually.
Paying for good content
Pheed offers another interesting feature. The founders state: “It is difficult to find good quality content these days among all the updates on Facebook and Twitter” . The solution? Pay for good content. When creating an account, you can immediately choose whether you want to set up your entire channel as a 'monthly subscription' or 'just' set up a free profile. With the latter option, you can determine per live broadcast whether you want to broadcast for free or pay-per-view.
Pheed - payment module per month or per update
Quality
With the payment concept, Pheed wants to ensure that you no longer have to wade through endless lists of status updates. You simply choose 'premium content'. A live concert by David Guetta or a preview of the new album by the American famous teenage star Miley Cyrus. Compare the commercial content with the bonus material on a film or music DVD; nice extras. For fans of these artists it will not be a problem to pay the small amounts that are connected to this. But will they also pay that if it is a lesser known artist? Or if friends set their channel to paid?
Salvation for the newspaper and music industry?
With digitalization, it has become a tough job for publishers and the music industry to make money. Margins are getting smaller and more material is being distributed for free (legally or illegally). A payment model, pay-per-view or subscription, is therefore not such a bad development for certain industries. Paywalls on newspaper sites are not really the solution that the publishing industry will reap the benefits of in the long term. But on social media, where the public is present en masse , that is where it can be achieved. And the 'copyright' principle, which was trampled underfoot by the internet (r)evolution, is being embraced again on Pheed (see the image below).
For each status update you indicate whether copyright applies
At Pheed it is not about gathering as many followers as possible. It is about creating quality content, whether it is text, video, audio, photo or live stream, if the content is good, it is appreciated and paid for. The question is whether this line of thought will really gain a foothold in the era where free has never been so big. Or would the concept only become attractive to the most well-known online sector where people do pay a lot for 'live streams': events such as webinars and training courses?
Pheed - income from live broadcast events
The numbers
Isn't a social network that, 2 months after its launch, already thailand telegram talks about 'paying for content' (of which Pheed itself claims 50% (!)), doomed to fail? Apparently not, because according to Mashable, Pheed already has a million users within a week of its launch . One million ' Pheeders '. Is that mainly due to the presence of idols such as David Guetta, Paris Hilton and Chris Brown? Is it perhaps just a temporary revival, will it become a niche network , will we never hear anything about it again or will it be the successor to Facebook?
In terms of appearance, it certainly looks great: fast, clear, not too many frills, but in terms of appearance, it can be adjusted. In addition, the iPhone app is currently being approved by Apple, so mobile social networks such as Instagram have also been warned.
Pheed - Over 1 Million Users
For now, we have to wait and see how Pheed is put on the map, how it fares in America and whether it will spread to the Netherlands. And whether the well-known "oh, another social network" can be overcome. At first glance, Pheed has everything that makes it a successful successor to Facebook (and Twitter). I think we will hear more about this. What is your opinion?