RE: To continue to add a layer, add mass-market v. niche appeal; in today's culture, it makes financial sense (because o… http://www.taylordavidson.com/writing...
"To continue to add a layer, add mass-market v. niche appeal; in today's culture, it makes financial sense (because of audience and revenue) for media outlets to adopt polarized positions because they are easier and simpler to spread. Niches are where the web shows its true power, aggregating people across boundaries impossible in different media economic structures. Free isn't a ubiquitous strategy (for example, Twitter and Facebook have vastly different cost structures [think pictures, video and expensive, rich media] and thus "free" should be applied very differently), nor is it the right strategy for all industry cycles or product growth / maturation curves; the real need right now is less theory. Debating whether it's right or wrong kinda misses the point about what to do about it (thus Maltoni's and Masnik's posts). But some part of me hopes that culture adopts to new economic opportunities to allow mass-market media to take a more nuanced approach. Yes, call me naive and..."
- Taylor Davidson
"It's interesting to think of the change in the "free" debate (or perhaps, the mass media's realization of economics) in light of Facebook's intent and plans to fundamentally change privacy defaults: an example of a company realizing they need to get more serious about pimping out their users to make money from "free"."
- Taylor Davidson
"It's interesting to think of the change in the "free" debate (or perhaps, the mass media's realization of economics) in light of Facebook's intent and plans to fundamentally change privacy defaults: an example of a company realizing they need to get more serious about pimping out their users to make money from "free"."
- Taylor Davidson