I've never really understood this logic:
This organization is providing you free web space, the ability to upload and
download an unlimited amount of music, and they're making it so dumbed-down
easy to use that it's almost painful. Of course they require advertising! Do
you know how much it probably costs them to maintain and run a site of this
scope? Give them a break! I'd rather see a few ads on each page rather than
no site at all.
In terms of your "nothing in return" comment, what do you get in return when
you get traffic on your OWN home page? A few hits on a web counter probably
swiped from a different free service? (Or are you going to stick ads on your
own home page, which would make you no different than mp3.com?)
I understand your reasoning behind wanting to host your own site with more
variety, and I don't blame you one bit: you'll get more of an identity, and
you'll get a lot less "dear ___ i like your stuff, download all my tracks"
spam mail. Standardized page design is lame, yes. But I guess there is a
trade-off in that you get less immediate traffic to your site, no referrals,
etc., unless you promote it heavily yourself. I personally think it would be
a good idea to have both, in which case you have twice the audience
potentially.
just my thoughts.....
i don't work for mp3.com or hugely endorse them or whatever, if this makes
it seem that way. lately it just seems like backlash for the sake of
backlash. good luck with your new site :-)
matt
quoted 27 lines From: "p h o n k" <phonk@galactica.it>
>From: "p h o n k" <phonk@galactica.it>
>To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
>Subject: [idm] mp3.com can go to hell
>Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 16:52:50 +0100
>
>well, there is no more reason for me to be on mp3.com.
>i 've been wanting to remove myself from that shit for a long time, but the
>thought of giving away the $40 i had already made always made me rethink
>the
>situation. this is no longer true.
>reality is: you get a standard web page, which is not what most of artists
>want.
>you get sephora ads all the time, twice on your page.
>you do a lot of work to direct people on these mp3.com pages.
>what do you get in return?
>NOTHING.
>i have free web space. i have a homepage. and there my mp3s will go. no
>more
>bullshit. no more korporat fasc!zm (erm! :) )
>i've been angry, i've put it aside. now it's the time to kick them off.
>
>how about a little DOS?
>:)
>
>phonk
>
>http://www.mp3.com/megaphonk ?????
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