The worlds first Social Operating System rejected.. We know not everyone will understand it, frankly we don't care about rejection (not different then the hot blonde bombshell telling you no at the dance ;). Break it down add the fuel to the fire, burn the whole forest down! Power to the believers who will still keep grinding because of their visions to change the world!
Just wondering, is this an operating system or a social network? Your landing page calls it an OS and then describes it as a social network - I haven't got a clue if I can use it as an operating system.
I am meaning more of something that presents itself seperate then the current status opening of your favorite browser and stroking in the old fashioned www. http://. I feel as it is time for advanced users to surf and gather information on a seperate more mature exclusive state then the mainstream internet. Is it the cool or innovative for your parents to surf and find their information as we do? All the clickbait and galore of ads have infiltrated the web and so has the Facebooks and immature networks.. My opinion
You have started the question on the wrong foot. The internet is a broader system for information exchange than browser-based communications over http that you brought up here. The internet also includes SSH, bittorrent, Usenet, and email. The latter two are not exclusive to the internet, and can layer on top of mesh systems like uucp.
By phrasing the web as the "internet", you more reveal your own lack of understanding than encourage thoughts about change.
I see you also use exclusionary and ageist language. Did you realize that many in your parents' generation, and indeed their parents' generation, used exactly the same language?
The ad revenue systems you complain about are because people who spend half-time or more working on projects need funding, and Kickstarter/Patreon/etc. don't seem to suffice. If we switched to an unconditional basic income, then I predict we would see many changes in how people use the web. It would mean that many more independent developers could work on interesting projects, without worries of where money would come from, and people could spend more time expressing themselves and reading what others do.
However, unlike your dreams of the future, my proposal would not be restricted to the young.
The problem not only resides on Facebook but to me all mainstream networks are selling out to the "ad revenue model". I may be speaking for myself but let's be honest the internet is wayyyy outdated. Most people can agree that after surfing CNN TMZ stopping by Mashable and Twitter the day is pretty much done with an occasional rinse and repeat. Where is the fun and innovation that the internet first brought to us in the early 90s.
What does that quite mean? It was obviously not meant to be.. In this game of "startups" and world of "entrepreneurship" many hurdles, obstacles will try to come your way. The number one job is to jump over and accelerate faster harder and better each time. I have had this happen to me on projects before today and all I do is break down the wood and add it to the fireplace ;)
We never set this ahead of time--it really depends on how many companies apply that we want to fund, subject to the constraints of how hard the parters can work.
I'd guess in the range of 100-130, based on current application volume. We had a big spike in growth last batch (I think because of the startup class).
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