DC Tom Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Would you like a refund? 16 whole hours, and the free articles are stale. He's probably the type that stands in front of the microwave and yells "Hurry up!" What the hell did this yahoo do when there only newspapers to read? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 16 whole hours, and the free articles are stale. He's probably the type that stands in front of the microwave and yells "Hurry up!" What the hell did this yahoo do when there only newspapers to read? yell at cars driving by because they looked fast but were under the speed limit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Yelled at clouds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What a Tuel Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 $2.99 ya cheap stakes. Do they still do ads after you pay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 How long until twobillsdrive starts charging to be a memeber and per post. Charge per level of membership. Its a slippery slope, not a good thing. Imo The slippery slope was laid by Google and Craigslist, who thought it was a good idea to give away expensive content for free, until they realized that undermining the creation of that content is bad for their business. Why do you think the Google is suddenly playing nice with news organizations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 SDS -- keep doing exactly what you're doing. Hopefully these ingrates will just leave and it will clean up things a bit around here. Every now and again you get a thread where nearly everyone I'd consider blocking land on the same side of an issue. I'm not talking people I disagree with but the ones where if there were more of them I'd log out and not come back Could the articles be fine tuned? Maybe a little but I think the icon nails it as far as solutions go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heitz Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 16 whole hours, and the free articles are stale. He's probably the type that stands in front of the microwave and yells "Hurry up!" What the hell did this yahoo do when there only newspapers to read? TBD is toughening people up with all this waiting around! Besides, you don't come TBD for the articles, if you know what I mean... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Do they still do ads after you pay? I would imagine since the ads are an additional outside revenue. The subscription is to read the content, not block the ads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cripple Creek Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I think that the reason that SDS is so mad is that the OP keeps posting new topics about the same subject that OP previously posted about: http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/topic/196323-links-to-the-blitz/ Roughly a month apart. PMS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I would imagine since the ads are an additional outside revenue. The subscription is to read the content, not block the ads. I have to wonder if they'd make more advertising $$$ if they had higher viewership because they dropped the fee. I'm sure people have explored this, but I'm not sure how to save the newspaper industry. Time to do some serious adapting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cripple Creek Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Nothing in life is free. The subscripton of three dollars might look small, but they get most of their real money from advertising. Posting so much of their content on one site is valuable and is worth a lot more to them than you would realize. I really enjoy the camaraderie on this forum, and what link us all is our love for all things bills. The front page could do with less content from the Buffalo news, because we know they are trying to sell subscription services for free. The fact that you the owner don't benefit from that makes it worse. Count me in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah John Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I'd be happy to pay for access to Courier-Express articles. If you ask me the wrong paper went out of business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I would hate the boycott to spread to this site as well.... Imo Is this actually a threat to have people boycott TBD? That's hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I have to wonder if they'd make more advertising $$$ if they had higher viewership because they dropped the fee. I'm sure people have explored this, but I'm not sure how to save the newspaper industry. Time to do some serious adapting. The industry tried the free model for 15 years. The trend is go back to subscriptions. Like I mentioned earlier, you would need to read 1000 articles in one month for them to earn the $3 in a subscription. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 The industry tried the free model for 15 years. The trend is go back to subscriptions. Like I mentioned earlier, you would need to read 1000 articles in one month for them to earn the $3 in a subscription. I'm a pretty big reader, but it seems they may have made the right choice! YIKES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I'm a pretty big reader, but it seems they may have made the right choice! YIKES!A paper like the New York Times might get $7-8 per 1000 page views. Most local papers don't have that pull. Those payout rates keep dropping. That's why many have given up chasing pennies. They used to be nickels. So, it's just math. How many subscribers do you need to make up for the large drop in advertiser revenue. I think someone posted that the Washington Post did a study and said they would lose 82% of their readership and they still went subscription based. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heitz Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Is this actually a threat to have people boycott TBD? That's hilarious. My pitchfork is ALWAYS lit. Since there's no one we want to fire on the coaching staff, what with the bye week, we might was well go after TBD! To quote Nelson Muntz "Gotta nuke something." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 My pitchfork is ALWAYS lit. Since there's no one we want to fire on the coaching staff, what with the bye week, we might was well go after TBD! To quote Nelson Muntz "Gotta nuke something." Two in one. Did you get a patent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 My pitchfork is ALWAYS lit. Since there's no one we want to fire on the coaching staff, what with the bye week, we might was well go after TBD! To quote Nelson Muntz "Gotta nuke something." My amusement was more that the idea that leroi has any sort of following. He strikes me as more the "loon with a sandwich board on a street corner" type of boycotter. Really, anyone who'd follow him in a boycott is someone we're likely better off without anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBillsFanSince1973 Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 (edited) Thought you said you were going to use ignore? What's taking so long? You're still complaining about people complaining. I just have to ask. are you not complaining about the people complaining, about people complaining? not a trick question. jfr. bn could not lure me to a subscription and I never went out of my way to read their stuff unless what was quoted. just not a good source even being the hometown news. jmo Edited October 20, 2017 by DaBillsFanSince1973 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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