That's a little bit of good and a little bit of bad news IMO. I like the size of Snapzu as it is right now. It could be a little bigger or a little smaller, but at this size it's not overwhelming. I can easily spend an hour a day on here and cover most of my bases. If it gets too big I might have to focus on tribes only, which is one of the great things about snapzu. However, I like being able to peruse almost everything.
The problem with this place staying the same and not experiencing the much needed growth is that it will collapse under it's own weight if there isn't a community of members that are willing to support it's hosting, development and general business related needs that can only be viable if the costs are divided amongst the many. The site has been up for years with no advertising, donation buttons, outside investment or any other method to recoup the obviously significant costs of not only the year round development and management but also the costs associated with hosting a service of this size. While it's natural to want to keep something the same for risks of screwing it up, it's important that a platform like this sees the light of day and is given a chance to grow, otherwise I doubt it will be around much longer without the support needed for such a platform to thrive.
That's a good way of looking at it that I hadn't thought of much before. As you can tell in my comment, I'm not opposed to growth, I just don't like the idea of explosive growth on any website. Perhaps snapzu could take the SomethingAwful approach to funding. I'm just thinking out loud here.
Thanks for agreeing! As for explosive growth, it's good to remember that there are powerful tools in place that mitigate explosive growth into a controllable endeavour that will benefit everyone. The invite system is designed to regulate the speed at which this platform can introduce new members, and those new members each with their unique interests will be subscribing to tribes which in turn become larger and ever more unique and niched. I'm not familiar with the somethingawful strategy, would you please explain?
SomethingAwful.com started getting bigger around 2004ish and they asked every existing member to donate $10 and required every new member to pay $10 to become a member. This was a one time cost that kept the site free of advertisements.
I'd consider paying a no advertising fee here. Maybe like an optional yearly subscription though. I just love how this site looks without advertisements. So sleek. However, I still want them to be able to turn a profit.
In fact, I'm not really sure what their current monetization plan is for this site. Are they only going to use their planned credit system?
That's a little bit of good and a little bit of bad news IMO. I like the size of Snapzu as it is right now. It could be a little bigger or a little smaller, but at this size it's not overwhelming. I can easily spend an hour a day on here and cover most of my bases. If it gets too big I might have to focus on tribes only, which is one of the great things about snapzu. However, I like being able to peruse almost everything.
The problem with this place staying the same and not experiencing the much needed growth is that it will collapse under it's own weight if there isn't a community of members that are willing to support it's hosting, development and general business related needs that can only be viable if the costs are divided amongst the many. The site has been up for years with no advertising, donation buttons, outside investment or any other method to recoup the obviously significant costs of not only the year round development and management but also the costs associated with hosting a service of this size. While it's natural to want to keep something the same for risks of screwing it up, it's important that a platform like this sees the light of day and is given a chance to grow, otherwise I doubt it will be around much longer without the support needed for such a platform to thrive.
That's a good way of looking at it that I hadn't thought of much before. As you can tell in my comment, I'm not opposed to growth, I just don't like the idea of explosive growth on any website. Perhaps snapzu could take the SomethingAwful approach to funding. I'm just thinking out loud here.
Thanks for agreeing! As for explosive growth, it's good to remember that there are powerful tools in place that mitigate explosive growth into a controllable endeavour that will benefit everyone. The invite system is designed to regulate the speed at which this platform can introduce new members, and those new members each with their unique interests will be subscribing to tribes which in turn become larger and ever more unique and niched. I'm not familiar with the somethingawful strategy, would you please explain?
SomethingAwful.com started getting bigger around 2004ish and they asked every existing member to donate $10 and required every new member to pay $10 to become a member. This was a one time cost that kept the site free of advertisements.
I'd consider paying a no advertising fee here. Maybe like an optional yearly subscription though. I just love how this site looks without advertisements. So sleek. However, I still want them to be able to turn a profit.
In fact, I'm not really sure what their current monetization plan is for this site. Are they only going to use their planned credit system?