Why MicroPayments Won’t Save the Newspapers
Clay Shirky gives a short lesson in the dos and don’ts of MicroPayments: Such systems solve no problem the user has, and offer no service we want. As a result, conversations about small payments take place entirely among content providers, never involving us, the people who will ostensibly be funding these transactions. The conversation about [...]
In Social Games the Audience Monetizes You
It’s easy to get caught up in the mind set of thinking how you’re going to pry as much money as you can out of the pockets of your audience. But in the end you want to find a way to get them to pay you without having to use extortion. That’s true even if [...]
Social Platform Games Enter Into the "Frog Kissing Contest" Phase
While there’s currently a lot of excitement based on the massive amounts of investment that poured into the Social Platform Games market in the last half of 2008, it’s fairly clear that the bloom is off the rose in terms of the rocketing growth that initially spurred the industry. Unfortunately for any young industry, the [...]