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It feels sleazy to me to draw users with a certain level of page quality, while planning to reduce that quality later after they get in the habit of using it an
by brlewis 19y ago
It feels sleazy to me to draw users with a certain level of page quality, while planning to reduce that quality later after they get in the habit of using it and recommend it to their friends.
- rrival 19y agoThere is pertinent info to this topic in discussions of monetizing forum communities. SearchEngineWatch maybe? I forget the link.
- dzohrob 19y agoyou don't have to promise not to run ads. but ads are a drag on your acquisition of users, and the quality of your site improves with the number of active users -- so are you doing a disservice to your early users by running ads?
- euccastro 19y agoI think you're just rationalizing here. My response would be: sleazy it is, but if it's what it takes to make it succeed, it's your choice to make. Besides, it's not sure at all you'll eventually use ads; they are not the only way to monetize a site. So why move there before it's really worth it?