I am running (in my spare time) a business that is providing time shifting (podcasting) services to radio stations, so I can attest first hand that it massively increases the value of radio.
A station that adds an archive tipically gets an increase in web site traffic of 5% a month, and downloads usually doubles every 2-3 months. Linking and comments on the content usually also increases massively.
So instead of blocking users from time-shifting, they should encourage it !
I made a search for a few of close friends, and for some their full facebook profile showed up after the change. All of them had simply clicked through the change without really reading, and were horrified to see that everything they had written was now public, probably forever (as it now lives in the Google cache).
This was an incredibly bad move from Facebook.
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Time shifting actually increases value of radio
I am running (in my spare time) a business that is providing time shifting (podcasting) services to radio stations, so I can attest first hand that it massively increases the value of radio.
A station that adds an archive tipically gets an increase in web site traffic of 5% a month, and downloads usually doubles every 2-3 months. Linking and comments on the content usually also increases massively.
So instead of blocking users from time-shifting, they should encourage it !
For Facebook, we are all lemmings...
I made a search for a few of close friends, and for some their full facebook profile showed up after the change. All of them had simply clicked through the change without really reading, and were horrified to see that everything they had written was now public, probably forever (as it now lives in the Google cache).
This was an incredibly bad move from Facebook.