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I disagree with the choice of language you're using, but I agree with the sentiment. Why the hell would a sense of loyalty to fans be called "misguided"? What
by bheadmaster 4y ago
I disagree with the choice of language you're using, but I agree with the sentiment.
Why the hell would a sense of loyalty to fans be called "misguided"? What does that even imply - that musicians should not be loyal to their fans? That seems like quite a businessman's perspective, looking at music as just show-business with the purpose of making money, instead of an art form.
Some things are more important than money. Money is just a middleman. A lot of people seem to forget that.
- cortesoft 4y agoI can’t reply to the other guy because the comment is now flagged, but my question is how do you measure who a ‘true’ fan is? You want to reward your fans, but how do you identify who are loyal fans and who aren’t?
- Thiez 4y agoLike with Loki's wager, it's hard to say exactly where to draw the line. But I think most would agree that a company buying massive amounts of ticket with the sole intent to resell them at a profit is most certainly not a true fan.
- ryandrake 4y agoWhether you get rid of scalping or not, you are still going to have the "10:00 start, sold out at 10:00:01" problem. I haven't heard the solution to that yet. If a good is priced far, far below what the market will bear, you are always going to immediately sell out of it.
- Dylan16807 4y agoThink about more intermediate situations too. If scalpers are buying half the tickets for a concert, and doing so in a very effective way, they could be the difference between selling out in 2 minutes and selling out in 20 minutes.