I am in the Air Force and had signed up to a military social networking site called 'Together We Served.' For the first month I used it, nearly all my military friends had signed up and thousands had signed up and were actively using the site.
Then something happened.
The site started charging. Suddenly, myself and everyone else I knew was no longer using 'Together We Served.' Apparently, according to the web owner in a message to the users, he said that he couldn't generate enough ad revenue to support the site for free. Well, I don't know exact numbers, but no one I know uses the site anymore and as far as I'm concerned it's dead. So much for charging for a social networking site.
I've always loved Trent Reznor's music and his ideas. But aside from giving his content away for free, he also gives away a great business plan for free. Complain and pick apart his ideas all you want, but he is still doing something positive for other artists while at the same time giving a big middle finger to the silly record labels and the evil RIAA. Screw them. Good on Trent.
It's too bad that the RIAA blog leaves no place for comments from users. Seems par for the course for them though. I mean, they don't listen to us fans anyway.
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A site that did charge
I am in the Air Force and had signed up to a military social networking site called 'Together We Served.' For the first month I used it, nearly all my military friends had signed up and thousands had signed up and were actively using the site.
Then something happened.
The site started charging. Suddenly, myself and everyone else I knew was no longer using 'Together We Served.' Apparently, according to the web owner in a message to the users, he said that he couldn't generate enough ad revenue to support the site for free. Well, I don't know exact numbers, but no one I know uses the site anymore and as far as I'm concerned it's dead. So much for charging for a social networking site.
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I've always loved Trent Reznor's music and his ideas. But aside from giving his content away for free, he also gives away a great business plan for free. Complain and pick apart his ideas all you want, but he is still doing something positive for other artists while at the same time giving a big middle finger to the silly record labels and the evil RIAA. Screw them. Good on Trent.
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Amen Brother Mike!!
It's too bad that the RIAA blog leaves no place for comments from users. Seems par for the course for them though. I mean, they don't listen to us fans anyway.