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An LWN reader surveyAn LWN reader surveyPosted Feb 1, 2007 14:00 UTC (Thu) by goodgnews (guest, #31551)Parent article: An LWN reader survey
I would also suggest, if you want to bring in more dough, making the archives open to subscribers only. People can read all the past stuff for free, which would take a lifetime, and never even get around to reading the articles posted "this" week. Provide a bunch of sample articles from the archive to show that it is worth it.
You content is awesome, nobody out there is doing what you guys do. Dont be afraid to capitalize on it. I am happy to pay for the content because it is so good.
Another suggestion: put ads with the free content, but for subscribers the ads are not shown.
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An LWN reader survey Posted Feb 1, 2007 16:01 UTC (Thu) by grouch (guest, #27289) [Link]
I strongly disagree! In my opinion, such schemes are a perversion. Archives are not "news", they are reference material. The reason I subscribe to LWN (the only online news for which I am willing to pay) is to get at the new stuff while it is still news. I would not continue to subscribe to LWN if the archives became subscriber-only.
An LWN reader survey Posted Feb 1, 2007 16:49 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] This would ruin the ability to google LWN: a *very* bad move.
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