Comments on: this is not going to work http://www.manifestdensity.net/2010/01/20/this-is-not-going-to-work/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 21 May 2013 16:18:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Fredda Llanashttp://www.manifestdensity.net/2010/01/20/this-is-not-going-to-work/comment-page-1/#comment-8169 Fredda Llanas Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:07:19 +0000 http://www.manifestdensity.net/?p=1192#comment-8169 Saw your blog bookmarked on Delicious.

]]> By: Linkblog » Manifest Densityhttp://www.manifestdensity.net/2010/01/20/this-is-not-going-to-work/comment-page-1/#comment-8099 Linkblog » Manifest Density Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:28:55 +0000 http://www.manifestdensity.net/?p=1192#comment-8099 [...] “the New York Times is erecting a partial paywall.” and the author thinks that it would not work the way they might have planned. “Not in a [...]

]]> By: Wayne B.http://www.manifestdensity.net/2010/01/20/this-is-not-going-to-work/comment-page-1/#comment-8050 Wayne B. Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:01:58 +0000 http://www.manifestdensity.net/?p=1192#comment-8050 One word: ‘Salon’.

When they put up their paywall, I stopped going, even though (I heard) they still had awesome content. They took down their paywall a few years ago, but I never noticed, because not clicking on any ‘Salon’ links just became second-nature to me.

]]> By: bradhttp://www.manifestdensity.net/2010/01/20/this-is-not-going-to-work/comment-page-1/#comment-8020 brad Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:47:04 +0000 http://www.manifestdensity.net/?p=1192#comment-8020 I agree. I suppose it could just be a stopgap, but it seems unlikely that they’d leave the current model and then turn back to it at some later date unless online consumption fell off the charts. Charging is arguably what the NYT should have maintained from the beginning. But it simply cannot move backwards effectively now.

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