Comment by stackghost
Comment by stackghost 6 hours ago
You're presupposing that these blogs are producing content worth paying for. The unfortunate truth is that the overwhelming majority of blogs (99.9%+) are not.
Comment by stackghost 6 hours ago
You're presupposing that these blogs are producing content worth paying for. The unfortunate truth is that the overwhelming majority of blogs (99.9%+) are not.
I blog for my own satisfaction, and my blog has no ads on it, and I don't charge visitors. I'm happy to have a few dozen readers.
That's what people are bemoaning the loss of: the before times, when people did interesting stuff without regard for whether it could be monetized or not.
The PPV model can at least cover the cost of bandwidth. If you are loading the page, it must be at least some value to the user, say 1/10th of a cent.