Comments on: Day Five Behind The SFChronicle Paywall: This Experiment Is A Bust http://sfappeal.com/2013/03/day-five-behind-the-sfchronicle-paywall-this-experiment-is-a-bust/ SF Appeal: San Francisco's Online Newspaper Sun, 06 May 2018 15:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.24 By: njudah http://sfappeal.com/2013/03/day-five-behind-the-sfchronicle-paywall-this-experiment-is-a-bust/#comment-23556 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 06:07:00 +0000 http://sfappeal.com/?p=44994#comment-23556 The Chronicle fired off all the people who created the product (i.e. a newspaper) in the first place. Once they were all gone, all that’s left is a thin, boring paper with no investigative unit, too much worship of City Hall and Willie Brown, and nothing interesting. Why pay for the scraps when the cow’s already been gored?

]]> By: njudah http://sfappeal.com/2013/03/day-five-behind-the-sfchronicle-paywall-this-experiment-is-a-bust/#comment-15317 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 06:07:00 +0000 http://sfappeal.com/?p=44994#comment-15317 The Chronicle fired off all the people who created the product (i.e. a newspaper) in the first place. Once they were all gone, all that’s left is a thin, boring paper with no investigative unit, too much worship of City Hall and Willie Brown, and nothing interesting. Why pay for the scraps when the cow’s already been gored?

]]> By: J B http://sfappeal.com/2013/03/day-five-behind-the-sfchronicle-paywall-this-experiment-is-a-bust/#comment-23555 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:37:00 +0000 http://sfappeal.com/?p=44994#comment-23555 Obviously, there’s a solution to the paywall – SF Appeal can keep its subscription and post all the links. Here’s what I got when I followed one:

“Share Access View

“You are viewing the full text of this article because it was shared by a San Francisco Chronicle subscriber.

“Subscribe today for full access to the San Francisco Chronicle in print, online and on your iPad.”

]]> By: J B http://sfappeal.com/2013/03/day-five-behind-the-sfchronicle-paywall-this-experiment-is-a-bust/#comment-15314 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:37:00 +0000 http://sfappeal.com/?p=44994#comment-15314 Obviously, there’s a solution to the paywall – SF Appeal can keep its subscription and post all the links. Here’s what I got when I followed one:

“Share Access View

“You are viewing the full text of this article because it was shared by a San Francisco Chronicle subscriber.

“Subscribe today for full access to the San Francisco Chronicle in print, online and on your iPad.”

]]> By: Patrick Connors http://sfappeal.com/2013/03/day-five-behind-the-sfchronicle-paywall-this-experiment-is-a-bust/#comment-23554 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:23:00 +0000 http://sfappeal.com/?p=44994#comment-23554 That’s what I say about my penis.

]]> By: Patrick Connors http://sfappeal.com/2013/03/day-five-behind-the-sfchronicle-paywall-this-experiment-is-a-bust/#comment-15309 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:23:00 +0000 http://sfappeal.com/?p=44994#comment-15309 That’s what I say about my penis.

]]> By: jonah http://sfappeal.com/2013/03/day-five-behind-the-sfchronicle-paywall-this-experiment-is-a-bust/#comment-23553 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:27:00 +0000 http://sfappeal.com/?p=44994#comment-23553 I think you’re really missing one important difference. The SFChronicle website is well designed and nice to read. If you turn off AdBlock, the SFGate website is a terrible mess.

I really enjoy reading a website that’s uncluttered. I also would rather live in a world where people pay for things they like with dollars and not attention span. Finally, there’s some hope that since people are paying for the content, it will drive to create better content, as we’ve seen at other newspapers.

]]> By: jonah http://sfappeal.com/2013/03/day-five-behind-the-sfchronicle-paywall-this-experiment-is-a-bust/#comment-15304 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:27:00 +0000 http://sfappeal.com/?p=44994#comment-15304 I think you’re really missing one important difference. The SFChronicle website is well designed and nice to read. If you turn off AdBlock, the SFGate website is a terrible mess.

I really enjoy reading a website that’s uncluttered. I also would rather live in a world where people pay for things they like with dollars and not attention span. Finally, there’s some hope that since people are paying for the content, it will drive to create better content, as we’ve seen at other newspapers.

]]> By: Joescales http://sfappeal.com/2013/03/day-five-behind-the-sfchronicle-paywall-this-experiment-is-a-bust/#comment-23552 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:42:00 +0000 http://sfappeal.com/?p=44994#comment-23552 Exactly… we were just talking about this very fact when they announced the paywall. Sure, we pay for the NYT online news “because it’s a worthy product.”

]]> By: Joescales http://sfappeal.com/2013/03/day-five-behind-the-sfchronicle-paywall-this-experiment-is-a-bust/#comment-15302 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:42:00 +0000 http://sfappeal.com/?p=44994#comment-15302 Exactly… we were just talking about this very fact when they announced the paywall. Sure, we pay for the NYT online news “because it’s a worthy product.”

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