Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 4, 2015Hmm. That's an intriguing idea.Quote TweetChristopher F. Nicholson@chrisFnicholson·Jul 4, 2015In a world where follower count is currency, per article "pay to share" is the right business model for news services.35
Jake Kaldenbaugh@Jakewk·Jul 4, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr @chrisFnicholson Wait, who pays who? Sharer pay news source? News source pays sharer? Reader pays? None of those work.1
Christopher F. Nicholson@chrisFnicholson·Jul 4, 2015Replying to @Jakewk.@Jakewk @vgr I pay the New York Times for a certain number of clicks by my followers on an article.23
Jake Kaldenbaugh@Jakewk·Jul 4, 2015Replying to @chrisFnicholson@chrisFnicholson @vgr Distribution never pays. Never will.1
Christopher F. Nicholson@chrisFnicholson·Jul 4, 2015Replying to @Jakewk@Jakewk @vgr distribution hasn't been done this way before, and it sure as fuck hasn't been done in the age of social.1
Jake Kaldenbaugh@Jakewk·Jul 4, 2015Replying to @chrisFnicholson@chrisFnicholson @vgr I'm saying there's a reason why it hasn't happened which extends to why it won't.1
Christopher F. Nicholson@chrisFnicholson·Jul 4, 2015Replying to @Jakewk@Jakewk @vgr not sure I follow so please explain in more detail2
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 4, 2015Replying to @chrisFnicholson@chrisFnicholson @Jakewk I think it can work for paywalled sites if positioned as "I'm sharing my subscription via a one-article guest pass"1
Jake Kaldenbaugh@Jakewk·Jul 4, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr @chrisFnicholson Bit my understanding is that he is proposing that you have to pay to share.1
Christopher F. Nicholson@chrisFnicholson·Jul 4, 2015Replying to @Jakewk@Jakewk @vgr I am. But by sharing the reader gets a notice that says "this is how you got access to this thing"11
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @chrisFnicholson@chrisFnicholson @Jakewk I have diff issue with the idea: followers are high-value because of what they do for you, not what you do for them8:00 PM · Jul 4, 2015