The article on content and backlash
Saturday, July 14, 2001 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Over at www.kuro5hin.com there was that article on "getting paid for content".
just introduced a "subscription" plan that sim;ply lets people donate to the site and in exchange that user doesn't see banner ads.
Immediately a bunch of users stated they were leaving and would not be back. This is a rather frightening reaction since in their case, they were providing a NEW feature -- i.e. the site always had ads before, now they were giving users the option to have the site with no ads. But users didn't look at it that way, many saw it as the site being "Crippled" for regular users.
Not a good sign for the webmasters of the world who are looking to find ways to pay the bandwidth trolls.
just introduced a "subscription" plan that sim;ply lets people donate to the site and in exchange that user doesn't see banner ads.Immediately a bunch of users stated they were leaving and would not be back. This is a rather frightening reaction since in their case, they were providing a NEW feature -- i.e. the site always had ads before, now they were giving users the option to have the site with no ads. But users didn't look at it that way, many saw it as the site being "Crippled" for regular users.
Not a good sign for the webmasters of the world who are looking to find ways to pay the bandwidth trolls.
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JayG
Reply #42 Thursday, July 26, 2001 11:14 PM
Reply #42 Thursday, July 26, 2001 11:14 PM
i'm not gonna pay for 'content'. sorry. i only pay for things i have to pay for. porn sites can charge because they all charge and always have charged.
Jafo
Reply #43 Friday, July 27, 2001 2:58 AM
Reply #43 Friday, July 27, 2001 2:58 AM
JayG, no, they don't all charge......oops...I'm not supposed to know that....
feline
Reply #45 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 11:18 AM
Reply #45 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 11:18 AM
they charge?
why do i always get bombarded with banners offering me free pictures of humans then?
feline thinks humans are strange
why do i always get bombarded with banners offering me free pictures of humans then?
feline thinks humans are strange
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Reply #41 Wednesday, July 25, 2001 7:38 AM
Just my 1/2 cent...