What is the business model of fluther?

Well, it has a plug-in Q&A component for other sites.

One hopes they are more interested in quality than in making big bucks.

Us content providers have a vested interest in having things continue to be interesting.

Fluther isn’t aimed at making a profit in any way.

@Fred931 :: Don’t tell that to the people that invested.

World domination. ;)

In all seriousness, I’ve sent this question to the founders of the site. Hopefully, they’ll answer.

@johnpowell Oh, oh, I’ll flag it then! Eek!

Exploiting human frailty, with the intent to profit.
That being the foundation of any business model.

We have some intermediate business models in the short term such as advertising (which you can see if you’re logged out) and Federated Fluther. But our long term vision to build a massive Q&A network, and monetize it properly down the road.

This is a similar approach to large, consumer facing internet companies such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, and many others. Build something awesome => get a lot of people using it => profit.

Fwiw, this is not what I advise to new entrepreneurs.