True - BUT - add those people to a FREE waiting list... don't tunnel them into a paid version only... I almost pulled the trigger, and I might later in the week based on Gel's feedback. It looks like it is the most similar to what Reader was.
And yes, good point. Be prepared! On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]>wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Erika L. Rich <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > UGH ... now that is poor. You can't even test it out to see if you like > it. > > > > "Due to overwhelming demand, free accounts are temporarily suspended. > > By going premium you get full access to NewsBlur. " > > > That's a real shame that they ween't prepared for this, but seriously, > who's prepared for a 10X spike overnight? > > There's a lesson here though... Not just Google Reader, but other products > have seen quick outflows of users for various reasons. Competitors would be > wise to keep a plan on the back burner in the event that a company shuts a > service down or suddenly screws up monumentally (I'm looking at you > Instagram/Flickr). > > -Cameron > > -- > Cameron Childress > -- > p: 678.637.5072 > im: cameroncf > facebook <http://www.facebook.com/cameroncf> | > twitter<http://twitter.com/cameronc> | > google+ <https://profiles.google.com/u/0/117829379451708140985> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:362038 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
