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Very refreshing to read straight up reasoning. I was expecting a lot of spin (I wonder what they wrote in the message they sent free users) Instead some really
by phreeza 16y ago
Very refreshing to read straight up reasoning. I was expecting a lot of spin (I wonder what they wrote in the message they sent free users)
Instead some really good points for a fully paid model. They can be more targeted in their acquisition and measuring. Makes sense.
- patio11 16y agoI wonder what they wrote in the message they sent free users A close reading of their first paragraph suggests they merely turned off signups but let the account type unchanged. This is essentially what I did when I got rid of anonymous guest accounts on BCC (because they converted terribly). The great majority of them will "age out" (go inactive), and as long as it isn't hindering ongoing development you can just keep them in the DB as a sop to your early adopters. (When it does start to become technical debt to maintain two code paths, you can actually disable the accounts, offer them an upgrade path at a discount, upgrade them for free, etc etc.)