my money is safe... not worth it.
Mixergy is now a paid subscription service for interviews older than a week
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Re: Mixergy is now a paid subscription service for interviews older than a week
#92I predicted this move several days ago based on this comment. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1130231 I have long suspected that Andrew has been using fake accounts or paying people to put a positive spin on his threads. The above comment was made by a brand new a account and follows a trend of other fishy comments.
"I have long suspected that Andrew has been using fake accounts or paying people to put a positive spin on his threads. The above comment was made by a brand new a account and follows a trend of other fishy comments." I have had the same suspicion for quite a while and am surprised no one has looked into this. Glad to hear someone else thinks it's not just the little voices in my head.
PG addressed it here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1131005
AndrewWarner does link directly to HN and ask for votes, so it's quite likely that people register specifically to upvote/comment for his submissions.
I would like to see him comment on the ruby35 account, it is quite suspicious: http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=ruby35
Re: Mixergy is now a paid subscription service for interviews older than a week
#93I'm slowly building a membership section, but I didn't mean to put this and every single other post on my homepage behind a pay-wall. The outsourcing company I use made a mistake. I fixed it this afternoon.
But yes, I am moving towards a paid premium model that will include older interviews. And this won't be the last time I'll make a mistake.
Re: Mixergy is now a paid subscription service for interviews older than a week
#94Well, I've read all 60 comments on this thread, and I'm not convinced. I think this decision is bullshit. The type of people who need to see these videos don't have the kind of money Andrew is asking for. What is the ideal story for these videos? That some kid who doesn't know what to do with his life stumbles across them and is inspired to start a startup. Is that going to happen with a $25/month paywall? Of course…
Bandwidth costs do exceed $100, but that's not a factor.
Re: Mixergy is now a paid subscription service for interviews older than a week
#95Hey guys, i think he has removed the paywall.
This thread is very useful!
Re: Mixergy is now a paid subscription service for interviews older than a week
#96I'm slowly building a membership section, but I didn't mean to put this and every single other post on my homepage behind a pay-wall. The outsourcing company I use made a mistake. I fixed it this afternoon. But yes, I am moving towards a paid premium model that will include older interviews. And this won't be the last time I'll make a mistake.
It makes a lot more sense to me to put the recent interviews be behind the paywall, and make the back catalog free.
It's typically the recent stuff that's 'hot' and therefore has the most value, while the older stuff tends to be more of a curiosity with less value.
Plus, a wide-open back-catalog is more likely to attract references from places like wikipedia, from people trying to cite it.
Re: Mixergy is now a paid subscription service for interviews older than a week
#97I predicted this move several days ago based on this comment. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1130231 I have long suspected that Andrew has been using fake accounts or paying people to put a positive spin on his threads. The above comment was made by a brand new a account and follows a trend of other fishy comments.
I'm in Buenos Aires. My IP would stand out in a minute.
What you'll probably find if you keep searching the comments here is that many people will say that I emailed or called them personally after they commented on my work here.
I'm engaged in this community and that's easier and more effective than setting up dummy accounts.
Re: Mixergy is now a paid subscription service for interviews older than a week
#98Earlier quoted context omitted.
"I have long suspected that Andrew has been using fake accounts or paying people to put a positive spin on his threads. The above comment was made by a brand new a account and follows a trend of other fishy comments." I have had the same suspicion for quite a while and am surprised no one has looked into this. Glad to hear someone else thinks it's not just the little voices in my head.
PG addressed it here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1131005 AndrewWarner does link directly to HN and ask for votes, so it's quite likely that people register specifically to upvote/comment for his submissions. I would like to see him comment on the ruby35 account, it is quite suspicious: http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=ruby35
Thanks for that. I hadn't seen his comment.
Re: Mixergy is now a paid subscription service for interviews older than a week
#99I predicted this move several days ago based on this comment. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1130231 I have long suspected that Andrew has been using fake accounts or paying people to put a positive spin on his threads. The above comment was made by a brand new a account and follows a trend of other fishy comments.
The above comment was made by a brand new a account and follows a trend of other fishy comments. I think that if you have no evidence to substantiate these accusations, then you should keep them to yourself. I mean, he can easily just be one of the many happy frequent visitors of Mixergy? Andrew does post links to here quite often from the Mixergy site, and they can easily just follow that link. Though, I must admit…
Thanks.
It's not about the live shows so much as it is about getting people to watch my interviews the day or week that post them.
What I'm finding is that if I don't create urgency around watching the interviews the day I watch them, people will consider them old and ignore them.
Re: Mixergy is now a paid subscription service for interviews older than a week
#100Earlier quoted context omitted.
I am tempted to start contacting some of his old interviewees and ask them what they think about it. I'll ask them to contact him if they are pissed by the fact that they were tricked into giving their free time. Many of them precisely said in those interviews that they were only doing it to give back to the community.
I'm sorry, but that's a douchebag move if you don't warn Andrew ahead of time.
Warn Andrew ahead of time? You've got be joking. Why doesn't Andrew pay a fee to those he's interviewed already now, in this bait and switch interwebz journalism