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I was just going to post the same thing. If I was an interviewee, I'd be kind of pissed I'd given my time for free, just so someone else could throw it behind a
by chaosmachine 17y ago
I was just going to post the same thing. If I was an interviewee, I'd be kind of pissed I'd given my time for free, just so someone else could throw it behind a paywall.
- ArcticCelt 17y agoI am tempted to start contacting some of his old interviewees and ask them what they think about it. I'll ask them to contact him if they are pissed by the fact that they were tricked into giving their free time. Many of them precisely said in those interviews that they were only doing it to give back to the community.
- ruby35 17y agoI'm sorry, but that's a douchebag move if you don't warn Andrew ahead of time.
- rasikjain 17y agoInformation should always be free to the community and Mixergy should concentrate on monetization with different ways rather than subscription model....
- swombat 17y agoInformation should always be free to the community Bullshit. Information is power. Mixergy should concentrate on monetization with different ways rather than subscription model Agreed.
- bob345 17y ago"Information should always be free" Wrong. The provider of that information should be able to charge what he wants. It's capitalism.
- chrischen 17y agoActually the market will force him to do something. that's capitalism. You don't just charge whatever you want without regards to market forces.
- wakeupthedawn 17y agoLOL^^^^^ This is another account created one hour ago.
- bob345 17y ago...here's an account created minutes ago, and pg can check this IP to see if it's from Argentina. The HN lynch mob is pathetic.
- thehodge 17y agoIts not hard to spoof an i.p. address, heck posting from one of the easy to use myspace proxy websites will give you the effect of a USA i.p. address.
- adrianwaj 17y agoWarn Andrew ahead of time? You've got be joking. Why doesn't Andrew pay a fee to those he's interviewed already now, in this bait and switch interwebz journalism
- bob345 17y agoYou're relying your argument on an assumption. Fail.
- kareemm 17y agoAndrew has interviewed me twice for Mixergy. I don't begrudge him for making money off of his full-time job - I get promo for my projects through his platform.
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- melvinram 17y agoIf you were one of his interviewees, you'd understand that hard work must be rewarded. Business models change with time. Every successful entrepreneur (including his interviewees) knows that. I highly doubt they'll perceive this as bait & switch.
- swombat 17y agoWhy would they not perceive it as bait and switch? It is bait and switch. I don't think there's anything fundamentally wrong with bait and switch - it's a common marketing tactic - but let's call a cat a cat.