On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 1:12 PM, D. Glenn Arthur Jr. <[email protected]>wrote:
> Silicon Shaman <[email protected]> wrote: > [...] > > One of the big things with companies is getting data on users, taking > > consumer surveys and that kinda stuff. > > > > So here's a thought, suppose a company that does paid surveys pays DW for > > the right to put up a fancy poll on a public community page, which the > users > > fill in and in exchange get paid for their time and effort in points [or > [...] > > > .Good idea, bad idea? thoughts? > > Bad idea, though less bad than many other ideas I've seen > on the web. > > Long explanation after I've slept a little, unless somebody > beats me to it... > > Short version: AFAICT from feedback to LJ news posts, much > of the *J audience likes feeling like customers and dislikes > feeling like they're the _product_, whether this is a gut > level reaction or fear that if big companies are the customers > then the site is no longer serving its users first ("two > masters" and all that), or both. While your proposal would > not be selling individual "eyeballs" to corporate customers, > it would still a dangerous, or at least suspicion-inducing, step > thataways in the eyes of a significant portion of the user > population. > > Or maybe I'm projecting. > > Somebody not suffering insomnia wanna try to make what I'm > saying more coherent (and/or show me why I'm wrong)? > > -- D. Glenn Arthur Jr. > (dglenn on > LJ/IJ/CJ/DJ/GJ/JF/CL/...) > -- Good Point !! I've always hated that myself really... granted, this way is a little more open about it, but it is in effect the same thing I realise upon reflection. Ok, call this idea dead then... unless it's restricted to charities and non-profits maybe. Silicon.shaman Subversives 'R' Us Cogito ergo periculosus, [ I think, therefore I'm dangerous ].
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