Drooling might have been an over dramatization on my part. But I think there was a #citysourcedcommittee (something like that) started on twitter. I did hear m

Drooling might have been an over dramatization on my part. But I think there was a #citysourcedcommittee (something like that) started on twitter. I did hear multiple mutters of two ninety ninety around me because they neglected to mention a price on downloading the app. They are trying to build a tribe (in Seth Godin's words). Their application is not very good if only a few are reporting issues and they could have overcome some chicken and egg issues by making it free for a week. I think the real issue might be the fact that these were applications that did not solve an immediate pain and yet wanted an upfront payment. In CitySourced's case, there was no graffiti or potholes in the room for people to report but people wanted to download it and play around. Perpetually required maybe months of caching to see a benefit but wanted a $99 upfront fee. (They've since started offering a trial)