Wanted: Financially Viable Social Networks [View article]
I cannot improve on this reply except to say Amen to the smart consumer!!
On Mar 24 07:51 AM chistletoe wrote:
> More and more people are getting more and more tired > of the forces which are trying more and more desperately > to "monetize" everything that we do. > > We want freedom to interact with each other > without having some hidden brother trying to just make money off > of us. We are very, very tired of advertising, > very very tired of people cheating us out of our resources. > > What is going to happen, eventually, is that > people are learning how to talk with one another > and help each other > and find channels of communication where big brother gets cut out. > > We want music that celebrates life and creativity. Not money. > > > If the big guns continue to push, harder and harder, to make money > out of us > then we will go back to face-to-face communication > and we will make our own music, > and abandon the Internet entirely. > > and that will be a good thing.
Wanted: Financially Viable Social Networks [View article]
On Mar 24 07:51 AM chistletoe wrote:
> More and more people are getting more and more tired
> of the forces which are trying more and more desperately
> to "monetize" everything that we do.
>
> We want freedom to interact with each other
> without having some hidden brother trying to just make money off
> of us. We are very, very tired of advertising,
> very very tired of people cheating us out of our resources.
>
> What is going to happen, eventually, is that
> people are learning how to talk with one another
> and help each other
> and find channels of communication where big brother gets cut out.
>
> We want music that celebrates life and creativity. Not money.
>
>
> If the big guns continue to push, harder and harder, to make money
> out of us
> then we will go back to face-to-face communication
> and we will make our own music,
> and abandon the Internet entirely.
>
> and that will be a good thing.