Comments on: TimeSelect: The Turnkey Solution For Suppressing Dissent http://informedspeculation.com/2005/09/26/timeselect-the-turnkey-solution-for-suppressing-dissent/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Sat, 07 Apr 2012 09:00:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Fred http://informedspeculation.com/2005/09/26/timeselect-the-turnkey-solution-for-suppressing-dissent/comment-page-1/#comment-5993 Fred Tue, 27 Sep 2005 20:26:16 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/09/26/timeselect-the-turnkey-solution-for-suppressing-dissent/#comment-5993 More like Edit-Your-Own Times. More like Edit-Your-Own Times.

]]> By: Mark http://informedspeculation.com/2005/09/26/timeselect-the-turnkey-solution-for-suppressing-dissent/comment-page-1/#comment-5992 Mark Tue, 27 Sep 2005 19:34:59 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/09/26/timeselect-the-turnkey-solution-for-suppressing-dissent/#comment-5992 Fred, actually, they have a per-article option (I suppose you can use it for the columnists), but it would get VERY pricey quick...I suppose you're thinking more of Build-Your-Own-Times... Fred, actually, they have a per-article option (I suppose you can use it for the columnists), but it would get VERY pricey quick…I suppose you’re thinking more of Build-Your-Own-Times…

]]> By: Fred http://informedspeculation.com/2005/09/26/timeselect-the-turnkey-solution-for-suppressing-dissent/comment-page-1/#comment-5989 Fred Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:39:06 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/09/26/timeselect-the-turnkey-solution-for-suppressing-dissent/#comment-5989 Why not an a la carte business model? I'd subscribe to the Times again if the op-ed page was restricted only to the op-ed page and I could say thanks, but no thanks, to Krugman and Dowd. Why not an a la carte business model? I’d subscribe to the Times again if the op-ed page was restricted only to the op-ed page and I could say thanks, but no thanks, to Krugman and Dowd.

]]> By: Dennis http://informedspeculation.com/2005/09/26/timeselect-the-turnkey-solution-for-suppressing-dissent/comment-page-1/#comment-5981 Dennis Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:09:50 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/09/26/timeselect-the-turnkey-solution-for-suppressing-dissent/#comment-5981 Well now, they're a half-game up (says the nervous Yankees fan). I'm a newspaper editor myself (yes, I'm destroying the system from within), so I feel a certain sympathy with doing what you can to make Web content pay. But the problem with the system the Times has set up is it is so clearly designed by people who don't really understand the Internet, and have no idea that finding smart punditry for free is incredibly simple. I like some of the Times columnists, I dislike others and I find some to be weightless hacks (OK, we all know I'm talking about MoDo here). But none of them are so outstandingly different that I'd be willing to pay for every thought that drips from their brain when there's a free flood of ideas available. I suspect this might have worked better if the Times had the courage of their convictions and made everything on their site pay-only. But that's a big gamble to make. If this particualr gamble doesn't work, the only harm done will be to the columnists themselves, and I guess TPTB don't care enough about them to worry. Well now, they’re a half-game up (says the nervous Yankees fan).

I’m a newspaper editor myself (yes, I’m destroying the system from within), so I feel a certain sympathy with doing what you can to make Web content pay. But the problem with the system the Times has set up is it is so clearly designed by people who don’t really understand the Internet, and have no idea that finding smart punditry for free is incredibly simple. I like some of the Times columnists, I dislike others and I find some to be weightless hacks (OK, we all know I’m talking about MoDo here). But none of them are so outstandingly different that I’d be willing to pay for every thought that drips from their brain when there’s a free flood of ideas available.

I suspect this might have worked better if the Times had the courage of their convictions and made everything on their site pay-only. But that’s a big gamble to make. If this particualr gamble doesn’t work, the only harm done will be to the columnists themselves, and I guess TPTB don’t care enough about them to worry.

]]> By: peter http://informedspeculation.com/2005/09/26/timeselect-the-turnkey-solution-for-suppressing-dissent/comment-page-1/#comment-5962 peter Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:43:25 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/09/26/timeselect-the-turnkey-solution-for-suppressing-dissent/#comment-5962 Well, maybe MoDo isn't for you, but hey, the Yankees are tied with the Red Sox -- where else are you going to get that kind of coverage? Not to mention the crossword puzzles... Well, maybe MoDo isn’t for you, but hey, the Yankees are tied with the Red Sox — where else are you going to get that kind of coverage? Not to mention the crossword puzzles…

]]> By: Mark http://informedspeculation.com/2005/09/26/timeselect-the-turnkey-solution-for-suppressing-dissent/comment-page-1/#comment-5960 Mark Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:17:37 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/09/26/timeselect-the-turnkey-solution-for-suppressing-dissent/#comment-5960 Nope, it's not a hardship at all - provided the marginal benefit of that dollar is best served by reading MoDo. For myself, she was worth a mouseclick, but not one thin dime...and that's Mickey's point; how big would Google be if they charged per search? It's their algorithm, they too can charge for its use. The subscription website, while feasible, is a highly dubious business model... Nope, it’s not a hardship at all – provided the marginal benefit of that dollar is best served by reading MoDo. For myself, she was worth a mouseclick, but not one thin dime…and that’s Mickey’s point; how big would Google be if they charged per search? It’s their algorithm, they too can charge for its use. The subscription website, while feasible, is a highly dubious business model…

]]> By: peter http://informedspeculation.com/2005/09/26/timeselect-the-turnkey-solution-for-suppressing-dissent/comment-page-1/#comment-5956 peter Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:08:42 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/09/26/timeselect-the-turnkey-solution-for-suppressing-dissent/#comment-5956 I don't get it -- the columns and articles in the Times are part of their intellectual property, and if they want to charge for it, so be it -- it's no different from a record label charging customers to buy a CD (or, for a more apt analogy, downloading the songs from iTunes). If you want to see the Times's content, all you have to do is go to the newsstand and plunk down a dollar -- is this such a hardship? I don’t get it — the columns and articles in the Times are part of their intellectual property, and if they want to charge for it, so be it — it’s no different from a record label charging customers to buy a CD (or, for a more apt analogy, downloading the songs from iTunes).

If you want to see the Times’s content, all you have to do is go to the newsstand and plunk down a dollar — is this such a hardship?

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