To add insult to injury, they sent me a welcome for an account I don't have. That's a poorly placed email trigger. <sigh>
http://screencast.com/t/Ywm7FqgmX0Mo On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Erika L. Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > 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:362039 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
