You are in the wrong place.
You aren’t going to find what you came for.
You might as well go home.
You aren’t going to get rich here
Because the revolution will not be monetized.

The revolution will not have a multibillion-dollar addressable market.
The revolution will not follow a freemium business model.
The revolution will not come free to play.
The revolution will not enroll in Y-combinator.
The revolution will not keep deposits at Silicon Valley Bank
Because the revolution will not be monetized.

The revolution will not do a 83(b) election.
The revolution will not enroll in Zenefits.
The revolution will not have Mark Cuban as an adviser.
The revolution will not take seed investment from SV Angel and 500 Startups.
The revolution will not issue preferred stock
Because the revolution will not be monetized.

The revolution will not have board meetings.
The revolution will not be recommended by the App Store.
The revolution will not come preconfigured on your iPhone.
The revolution will not be featured on TechCrunch and MSNBC.
The revolution will not offer stock options
Because the revolution will not be monetized.

The revolution will not appear in keyword auctions.
The revolution will not hire a CSO, CMO, and VP of finance.
The revolution will not ship with a toolbar.
The revolution will not have a Salesforce account.
The revolution will not feature pre-roll ads
Because the revolution will not be monetized.

The revolution will not have a $100 CPM.
The revolution will not give you mining rewards.
The revolution will not have A, B, and C rounds.
The revolution will not have a $50 billion valuation.
The revolution will not be sponsored by Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, and NEA
Because the revolution will not be monetized.

The revolution will not be 30% off if you pay a year in advance.
The revolution will not cost $50 with a contract extension.
The revolution will not be 50% off from Groupon.
The revolution will not get a 409A valuation.
The revolution will not ship free with Amazon Prime
Because the revolution will not be monetized.

The revolution will not have a profit and loss statement.
The revolution will not be the subject of a Harvard Business Review case study.
The revolution will not have executive offsites.
The revolution will not hire management consultants to write an annual plan.
The revolution will not have IAB ad units
Because the revolution will not be monetized.

The revolution will not be analyzed by Mary Meeker and Jim Collins.
The revolution will not do a Mezzanine round.
The revolution will not be underwritten by Goldman Sachs.
The revolution will do any mergers and acquisitions.
The revolution will not have a trillion-dollar market cap
Because the revolution will not be monetized.

The revolution will not be monetized,
Will not be monetized,
Will not be monetized,
Will not be monetized.
The revolution will not make you rich
Because the revolution
Will be free.

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      I don’t think even the most radical anti-intellectual property folks think that you should get nothing for content that you produce, just that it shouldn’t be ad-driven, privacy invading, hellscape that is silicon valley’s method. Whether or not a donation driven online content system is sufficient for most is really the question.

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        I don’t have a problem with instances deciding they want to find themselves via (non-federating) ads. People can decide which instance to use based on their funding model. Adverts don’t intrinsically have to be privacy invading. A company that makes gaming chairs can advertise in a gaming community or on a gaming-focussed instance without invading privacy