Comments on: The Blogosphere freaks out again over content producers making money http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/20/the-blogosphere-freaks-out-again-over-content-producers-making-money/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Calacanis goes deeper on his $1000 offer for Netscape.com contributors at The Blog Herald http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/20/the-blogosphere-freaks-out-again-over-content-producers-making-money/comment-page-1/#comment-106257 Calacanis goes deeper on his $1000 offer for Netscape.com contributors at The Blog Herald Sun, 23 Jul 2006 12:48:39 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/20/the-blogosphere-freaks-out-again-over-content-producers-making-money/#comment-106257 [...] In the News Jul 23 at 7:48 am by Matt -As a brief follow-up to our post earlier about how the blogosphere freaks out whenever money is involved, we point to a recent post by Jason Calacanis of WIN/AOL: While some folks have been shocked–SHOCKED!–that I offered to pay top bookmarkers, others have taken a day or two to think about the idea and realize that it is the totally logical evolution of “crowdsourcing” and Web 2.0. [...] [...] In the News Jul 23 at 7:48 am by Matt -As a brief follow-up to our post earlier about how the blogosphere freaks out whenever money is involved, we point to a recent post by Jason Calacanis of WIN/AOL: While some folks have been shocked–SHOCKED!–that I offered to pay top bookmarkers, others have taken a day or two to think about the idea and realize that it is the totally logical evolution of “crowdsourcing” and Web 2.0. [...]

]]> By: optimus http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/20/the-blogosphere-freaks-out-again-over-content-producers-making-money/comment-page-1/#comment-106055 optimus Sat, 22 Jul 2006 19:52:24 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/20/the-blogosphere-freaks-out-again-over-content-producers-making-money/#comment-106055 I'm inclined to agree with Matt here. Digg isn't a non-profit. Digg isn't owned by its contributors. Digg users provide an input to the business (submissions and rankings) and they are compensated by a sense of contribution to the community, fame, and all the other intangibles associated with being a member of the blogosphere. Digg profits by offering a value proposition (submissions in exchange for valuable intangibles) that resonates with their users. For readers, the value proposition is a set of posts that provides interesting and valuable information to them. Weblogs Inc. is offering a different value proposition for readers and contributors. Contributors get paid in cash instead of community goodwill. Readers get a similar set of filtered news and information. Will readers trust content generated this way? Will the right contributors be willing to trade cash for their intangibles? Who knows, but there's nothing remotely unethical in Weblogs' offering. I’m inclined to agree with Matt here. Digg isn’t a non-profit. Digg isn’t owned by its contributors. Digg users provide an input to the business (submissions and rankings) and they are compensated by a sense of contribution to the community, fame, and all the other intangibles associated with being a member of the blogosphere. Digg profits by offering a value proposition (submissions in exchange for valuable intangibles) that resonates with their users. For readers, the value proposition is a set of posts that provides interesting and valuable information to them.

Weblogs Inc. is offering a different value proposition for readers and contributors. Contributors get paid in cash instead of community goodwill. Readers get a similar set of filtered news and information. Will readers trust content generated this way? Will the right contributors be willing to trade cash for their intangibles? Who knows, but there’s nothing remotely unethical in Weblogs’ offering.

]]> By: ashwin http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/20/the-blogosphere-freaks-out-again-over-content-producers-making-money/comment-page-1/#comment-105830 ashwin Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:42:09 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/20/the-blogosphere-freaks-out-again-over-content-producers-making-money/#comment-105830 Great piece. We are launching something similar in india via smondo.com. Check out http://www.smondo.com Great piece. We are launching something similar in india via smondo.com. Check out http://www.smondo.com

]]> By: Duncan http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/20/the-blogosphere-freaks-out-again-over-content-producers-making-money/comment-page-1/#comment-105709 Duncan Fri, 21 Jul 2006 02:50:17 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/20/the-blogosphere-freaks-out-again-over-content-producers-making-money/#comment-105709 Matt First, this is your BEST post since your took the Blog Herald off my hands! by far! Got to admit I was a bit shocked at first with what JCal was proposing, but the more I think about it, the more I know he's right, and your right in saying that others are wrong...you'll only have to sift through the archives here at the Blog Herald to see what happened when (god help us all) people started making money from blogs. As much as it is contriversial, I do think JCal is ahead of the game on this one, and there is no reason why social networking (for lack of a better term) cant be monoterized like blogging was. You've not mentioned it here, but I've read it elsewhere, that isn't it amazing how the elite rally against this stuff, god help us all if the plebs actually get paid for their work! Good stuff! Matt
First, this is your BEST post since your took the Blog Herald off my hands! by far! Got to admit I was a bit shocked at first with what JCal was proposing, but the more I think about it, the more I know he’s right, and your right in saying that others are wrong…you’ll only have to sift through the archives here at the Blog Herald to see what happened when (god help us all) people started making money from blogs. As much as it is contriversial, I do think JCal is ahead of the game on this one, and there is no reason why social networking (for lack of a better term) cant be monoterized like blogging was. You’ve not mentioned it here, but I’ve read it elsewhere, that isn’t it amazing how the elite rally against this stuff, god help us all if the plebs actually get paid for their work!

Good stuff!

]]> By: Geoffrey Gonzalez http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/20/the-blogosphere-freaks-out-again-over-content-producers-making-money/comment-page-1/#comment-105701 Geoffrey Gonzalez Fri, 21 Jul 2006 00:50:57 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/20/the-blogosphere-freaks-out-again-over-content-producers-making-money/#comment-105701 Sorry, to ad this piece. People really got disturbed with those small camera POP ups. Sorry, to ad this piece. People really got disturbed with those small camera POP ups.

]]> By: Jessica Doyle http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/20/the-blogosphere-freaks-out-again-over-content-producers-making-money/comment-page-1/#comment-105694 Jessica Doyle Thu, 20 Jul 2006 23:40:51 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/20/the-blogosphere-freaks-out-again-over-content-producers-making-money/#comment-105694 A thousand bucks a month is something many people could actually live off of because they in fact already lead a frugal life. If people, generally speaking, can in fact make a living at blogging then why not go for it! It all comes down to personality / honesty and belief in yourself that you are not alone. For every personality out there, there are many others reading, who have a similar personality however, the one who blogs with said personality is more than likely to get monetized eventually, simply because they will continue to attract like minds. The real beauty of the blogosphere though is that you will inadvertently attract those readers, and bloggers, of a different mindset to your blog. Cross-pollination? In the end blogging is becoming the new TV. The difference being that blogging is something <em>everyone</em> can do and contribute to. Even if you do not have a blog you can contribute through comments. It is the world's largest live conversation on everything! How wonderful! A thousand bucks a month is something many people could actually live off of because they in fact already lead a frugal life. If people, generally speaking, can in fact make a living at blogging then why not go for it! It all comes down to personality / honesty and belief in yourself that you are not alone.

For every personality out there, there are many others reading, who have a similar personality however, the one who blogs with said personality is more than likely to get monetized eventually, simply because they will continue to attract like minds. The real beauty of the blogosphere though is that you will inadvertently attract those readers, and bloggers, of a different mindset to your blog. Cross-pollination?

In the end blogging is becoming the new TV. The difference being that blogging is something everyone can do and contribute to. Even if you do not have a blog you can contribute through comments. It is the world’s largest live conversation on everything! How wonderful!

]]> By: Mike http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/20/the-blogosphere-freaks-out-again-over-content-producers-making-money/comment-page-1/#comment-105687 Mike Thu, 20 Jul 2006 23:07:46 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/20/the-blogosphere-freaks-out-again-over-content-producers-making-money/#comment-105687 Their outcry makes me want to go find a way to make even more money and market my blog even harder. Their outcry makes me want to go find a way to make even more money and market my blog even harder.

]]> By: John http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/20/the-blogosphere-freaks-out-again-over-content-producers-making-money/comment-page-1/#comment-105661 John Thu, 20 Jul 2006 20:27:03 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/20/the-blogosphere-freaks-out-again-over-content-producers-making-money/#comment-105661 It has sooo much more to do with marketing and promotion than the actual offer of pay. Raiding the competition is almost incidental to the real benefits. It has sooo much more to do with marketing and promotion than the actual offer of pay. Raiding the competition is almost incidental to the real benefits.

]]> By: Jake http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/20/the-blogosphere-freaks-out-again-over-content-producers-making-money/comment-page-1/#comment-105660 Jake Thu, 20 Jul 2006 20:17:22 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/20/the-blogosphere-freaks-out-again-over-content-producers-making-money/#comment-105660 Two of the top motivators to humanity are 1) enjoyment and 2) money. The blogosphere is so unique because it is powered mostly because bloggers enjoy what they do, throwing a couple of bucks at them certainly isn't going to hinder the rest of the community because most of us do it just for the fun/enjoyment of doing it. And besides, $1000 a month may be a nice bonus but it is certainly not enough to let someone quit their day job. It will just be a nice incentive to test Netscape for those that qualify (i.e. top ranking Reddit users), and be a little bit of vindication for all of the countless hours they fried their eyeballs searching the internet :) I say more power to them... Two of the top motivators to humanity are 1) enjoyment and 2) money. The blogosphere is so unique because it is powered mostly because bloggers enjoy what they do, throwing a couple of bucks at them certainly isn’t going to hinder the rest of the community because most of us do it just for the fun/enjoyment of doing it.

And besides, $1000 a month may be a nice bonus but it is certainly not enough to let someone quit their day job. It will just be a nice incentive to test Netscape for those that qualify (i.e. top ranking Reddit users), and be a little bit of vindication for all of the countless hours they fried their eyeballs searching the internet :)

I say more power to them…

]]> By: Ted http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/20/the-blogosphere-freaks-out-again-over-content-producers-making-money/comment-page-1/#comment-105634 Ted Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:32:54 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/20/the-blogosphere-freaks-out-again-over-content-producers-making-money/#comment-105634 One thing that you've got to admit though, is that it changes the nature of "social news". Why would I contribute for free when others are getting paid? One thing that you’ve got to admit though, is that it changes the nature of “social news”. Why would I contribute for free when others are getting paid?

]]> By: John Evans (SYNTAGMA) http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/20/the-blogosphere-freaks-out-again-over-content-producers-making-money/comment-page-1/#comment-105627 John Evans (SYNTAGMA) Thu, 20 Jul 2006 15:38:15 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/20/the-blogosphere-freaks-out-again-over-content-producers-making-money/#comment-105627 As I aways say (when asked) media is about publishing, and you don't attract the best authors without paying for them. It's a no-brainer. Do these folk think the great print publishing houses were built on altruism, or did Atlas merely shrug? As I aways say (when asked) media is about publishing, and you don’t attract the best authors without paying for them. It’s a no-brainer. Do these folk think the great print publishing houses were built on altruism, or did Atlas merely shrug?

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