On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 11:49:48AM +0100, Simon Wistow wrote: > > This is something I've been looking at for some freelance consultancy > work on mobile communities. > > There are 4 interlinked problems : > > 2) Too much traffic and people get swamped and kind of just zone out and > skim read a lot of stuff. On a mobile device this swamping can happen > very quickly. People also don't like paying to download content they're > not going to read. > > 4) If you don't then people might get narked about paying to download > Arsenal gossip and getting Buffy spoilers. Plus it can act as an > inhibitor to people joining - they get there, take one look and scarper
I don't think a per-piece model works for content. Take a look at the way The Economist web site handles premium content. The per piece model they have is pretty clearly designed to drive people towards a subscription. I would almost consider buying a subscription if their pro-war stance wasn't quite so repugnant. I'll settle for scarfing the free content off their website. Ben
