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Re: OT - Luminous Landscape
2015-12-14 by brian_downunda@...
In deciding to keep the forum outside the paywall, I wonder if the Lula duo were mindful of what happened to the old Rob Galbraith forums, which died rather quickly when it was sold and the new owner started charging.
But the Rob Galbraith forums are a good example of the challenges of a site that becomes a victim of its own success. What do you do when the time and costs of maintaining a site become too great, simply because it's so good that it's too popular? Some survive by advertising, or worse, by selling user tracking information. Clearly the internet would die if everyone started charging, which is clearly not going to happen, but it would be a tragedy if major sites ceased to operate under the burden of success.
I haven't signed up yet. I may. I have read the occasional article. It's a pain that I no longer can. That's life.