The vast majority of social networks now face monetization problems

The vast majority of social networks, including Facebook and Sina Weibo, are now facing a currency dilemma. On the other hand, most social networks are only good at creating or sharing certain types of media content, or text, images, or video, audio, and the platforms that really contain and can display them well are not. The emergence of a new social platform pheed to solve these problems.

Pheed has just introduced 200 showbiz celebrities in the platform to attract more ordinary users by letting them publish their work or other content on the platform. These can be text, photos, video, audio or live broadcasts, and each piece is called a "pheed". Content copyrights are entirely owned by the publisher, even after each piece of content can be added copyright information.

At the same time, whether or not celebrities, users can set their own published content for monthly subscription, one-time payment or pay-per-view, such as monetization, the price is also set freely. If you have no confidence in your content, you can open it to subscribers completely free of charge.

The new platform also borrows some mature features from existing social networks, such as the ability of users to remind each other, send letters, use tags to organize topics, express their liking or favorites, and share content with Facebook, Twitter, or Google +. Slightly different, you can view pheed by content type, including text, photos, video, audio, and live broadcast.

In addition to the common favorites and collectibles, Pheed also adds a "heartbreak (dislike)" identifier. This is one of many users who have long awaited features in other social networks.

Pheed co-founder O.d Kobo has invested in a number of projects in the country, the most successful of which have been closed "360 laps", so they are also familiar with the domestic Internet circle. The use of celebrities to attract users in Pheed is similar to the initial operation of Sina Weibo. However, pheed celebrities will soon be able to earn cash, and when users are making cash, the platform itself has a natural source of revenue.

Pheed This platform does bring some different ideas to social networking, but whether it lasts after novelty or not, depends on whether the monetization model can withstand market tests.