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Re: [OM] LL - Taking bets

Subject: Re: [OM] LL - Taking bets
From: Rick Beckrich <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 15:33:29 -0500
Oh yeah... Just send me a bill.

(I'll put it right with all the others.). :-0
On Dec 2, 2015 3:07 PM, "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> But you would pay too see what I have to say, right?
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> 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.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Nathan
> >
> > Nathan Wajsman
> > Alicante, Spain
> > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
> > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <
http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <
http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
> > YNWA
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> >> On 30 Nov 2015, at 19:02, Bill Pearce <billcpearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> 1. A couple of years, or until the last paid subscriber drops.
> >>
> >> 2. A day later, or until they try to make a go of it for free and that
doesn't work.
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> -----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.
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> Three questions:
> >>
> >> 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?
> >>
> >> AG Schnozz
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