Value-added does not mean "just works."

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Andrew
on May 24, 2008 4:23 PM | | Comments (246) | TrackBacks (0)
Lately the meme on Twitter has been paying for the service. The problem is, Twitter doesn't stay up often enough to justify paying for it. Now, people are suggesting we pay for basic functionality. 

That's called extortion.

See, this is why people don't take new media seriously. The "how do I make money off it" question often takes them beyond simple fee-for-service or subscription models and forces them to ask what value they can add to something that others simply give away. Often, there is no answer. 

In twitter's case, there is no answer, because the service has zero enhanced features. Flickr? Sure. I pay my yearly "pro" fee but I also take a ton of photos.

What I won't do is pay Flickr if it went down or reduced its' functionality for days at a time.

Twitter needs to get a stable product, and sell it. That's the right plan.

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