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Re: [OM] LL - Taking bets

Subject: Re: [OM] LL - Taking bets
From: Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 14:07:45 -0600
But you would pay too see what I have to say, right?

On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 1:35 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I will pay for content that is worth paying for, e.g. the NY Times, Netflix, 
> NFL Network. I will not pay for camera reviews.
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>> On 30 Nov 2015, at 19:02, Bill Pearce <billcpearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> 1. A couple of years, or until the last paid subscriber drops.
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>> 2. A day later, or until they try to make a go of it for free and that 
>> doesn't work.
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>> 3. No, they don't. I tried subscribing to Reid Reviews once and it isn't 
>> inexpensive. The content is, well, quirky, and the language is pretentious. 
>> I'm outta there.
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>> -----Original Message----- From: Ken Norton
>> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 11:17 AM
>> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
>> Subject: [OM] LL - Taking bets
>>
>> So, this is supposed to be the last day of accessibility to
>> Luminous-Landscape before they implement the pay wall. Granted, it's
>> only a buck a month, but this will be a great study in how to kill a
>> website.
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>> Back when we launched zone-10, that was going to be one of the things
>> we implemented was a pay wall for additional features and content.
>> While we never developed out the site and services offered to warrant
>> it, the one thing I learned through the research was that it was a bad
>> idea. It is self-filtering and self-limiting. In other words, the only
>> people who will willingly pay are those who are essentially already in
>> the club.
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>> Three questions:
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>> 1. How long will it take until they tear down the pay wall?
>> 2. How long until the website shuts down entirely?
>> 3. Does anybody really care because the site isn't relevant anyway?
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>> AG Schnozz
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