Interesting piece from NPR where Clay Shirky thinks the time has come.
http://www.npr.org/2012/01/30/146093302/how-online-paywalls-are-changing-journalism
I tend to believe just about anything Shirky says. That guy understands the internet like no other, imo.
FWIW, any forum or social network with a membership system needs to read his early work "A group is its own worst enemy."
http://shirky.com/writings/group_enemy.html
Quote from: rcjordan on February 04, 2012, 02:12:38 PM
I tend to believe just about anything Shirky says. That guy understands the internet like no other, imo.
FWIW, any forum or social network with a membership system needs to read his early work "A group is its own worst enemy."
http://shirky.com/writings/group_enemy.html
Agree there. I think that piece is one of my oldest bookmarks and most frequently trotted out in web-based discussions.
Regarding the recent NPR thing, I think there are implications beyond the subject of paywalls in what he is talking about. When he is referring to people's loyalty to what they view or read and the way that what they demand from that content changes, I wonder about the relevance this concept has to Google and its move towards an effective walled garden. Are people becoming less in love with Google and more pissed off with its results and its privacy and its interactions and what effect might this have for sites that people are more 'in love with'?