Comments on: Fork in the road http://blog.niceperson.org/2004/05/14/fork-in-the-road/ Making it up as I go along. Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:34:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Stephen http://blog.niceperson.org/2004/05/14/fork-in-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Stephen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.niceperson.org/2004/05/14/fork-in-the-road/#comment-337 I followed your link to "Mena's Corner" and was amazed by all comments/trackbacks that have been left. I shouldn't be amazed; it's human nature, and nothing demonstrates how petty that nature can be than when people are asked to pay for a quality product they previously received for free. I mean really. These people are seem to think a blogging tool is an entitlement. They're acting like little spoiled brats. In the grown-up world, people are willing to pay for things of value. Those who complain that the previously free lunch now comes with menu prices-- no sympathy from me. I followed your link to "Mena's Corner" and was amazed by all comments/trackbacks that have been left. I shouldn't be amazed; it's human nature, and nothing demonstrates how petty that nature can be than when people are asked to pay for a quality product they previously received for free.

I mean really. These people are seem to think a blogging tool is an entitlement. They're acting like little spoiled brats. In the grown-up world, people are willing to pay for things of value. Those who complain that the previously free lunch now comes with menu prices-- no sympathy from me.

]]> By: Laurabelle http://blog.niceperson.org/2004/05/14/fork-in-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Laurabelle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.niceperson.org/2004/05/14/fork-in-the-road/#comment-338 I didn't read all those trackbacks, but most people are complaining not that they're being asked to pay but that the prices are unreasonable and that they were given no warning at all. Even the beta-testers didn't know. I'd be willing to cough up a little money, but not $69, no way, no how. I don't blame anyone else for being upset about it too. The major reason I'm not going to upgrade to 3.0 (free version) is that I would have to register with TypeKey, and I'm not willing to do that. I don't like the idea of TypeKey, and I won't use it on my blog or comment on blogs that require it. I have an inherent distrust of a centralized authentication like that, especially when it's managed by Six Apart. I would have trusted Ben and Mena, I think, but Six Apart is about profit. Six Apart has violated the trust of its users who felt they had a relationship and an understanding. We thought big changes like this licensing scheme wouldn't be thrust upon us so suddenly, but they were. Maybe we come off as a little petty, but that's because it's easy to complain about the money and hard to articulate what's really bothering us: we feel betrayed. We shouldn't feel that way, because we were wrong to place so much faith in a profit-driven organization, but we did. Don't worry, we'll get over it all soon enough. I didn't read all those trackbacks, but most people are complaining not that they're being asked to pay but that the prices are unreasonable and that they were given no warning at all. Even the beta-testers didn't know. I'd be willing to cough up a little money, but not $69, no way, no how. I don't blame anyone else for being upset about it too.

The major reason I'm not going to upgrade to 3.0 (free version) is that I would have to register with TypeKey, and I'm not willing to do that. I don't like the idea of TypeKey, and I won't use it on my blog or comment on blogs that require it. I have an inherent distrust of a centralized authentication like that, especially when it's managed by Six Apart. I would have trusted Ben and Mena, I think, but Six Apart is about profit. Six Apart has violated the trust of its users who felt they had a relationship and an understanding. We thought big changes like this licensing scheme wouldn't be thrust upon us so suddenly, but they were.

Maybe we come off as a little petty, but that's because it's easy to complain about the money and hard to articulate what's really bothering us: we feel betrayed. We shouldn't feel that way, because we were wrong to place so much faith in a profit-driven organization, but we did.

Don't worry, we'll get over it all soon enough.

]]> By: Stephen http://blog.niceperson.org/2004/05/14/fork-in-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Stephen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.niceperson.org/2004/05/14/fork-in-the-road/#comment-339 $69: It's a piece of change, I'll give you that. About 3 or 4 DVDs, which kind of puts it in perspective from the viewpoint of how much enjoyment one derives from blogging. Typekey: I'm there with you. Ben and Mena: Don't know them. Can't know them from just the internet (although the internet can give us that illusion). Therefore, don't trust them. Six-Apart: A business; a soulless entity-- which, unsurprisingly, behaves like a soulless entity. Betrayal: Maybe I don't feel betrayed because I never trusted to begin with. I like it when people give me a product for little or no monetary gain, but I don't expect it, and I look for strings attached when it's offered. We live in an unabashed capitalist society; we shouldn't be surprised when its members behave like capitalists. (Addendum: I realize I must come off as pretty hard-nosed and untrusting. Fact of the matter-- the number of people I trust absolutely can be counted on one hand. Others are to be trusted only within the parameters of my expectations for them, some of which are fairly dismal.) $69: It's a piece of change, I'll give you that. About 3 or 4 DVDs, which kind of puts it in perspective from the viewpoint of how much enjoyment one derives from blogging.

Typekey: I'm there with you.

Ben and Mena: Don't know them. Can't know them from just the internet (although the internet can give us that illusion). Therefore, don't trust them.

Six-Apart: A business; a soulless entity-- which, unsurprisingly, behaves like a soulless entity.

Betrayal: Maybe I don't feel betrayed because I never trusted to begin with. I like it when people give me a product for little or no monetary gain, but I don't expect it, and I look for strings attached when it's offered. We live in an unabashed capitalist society; we shouldn't be surprised when its members behave like capitalists.

(Addendum: I realize I must come off as pretty hard-nosed and untrusting. Fact of the matter-- the number of people I trust absolutely can be counted on one hand. Others are to be trusted only within the parameters of my expectations for them, some of which are fairly dismal.)

]]> By: Laurabelle http://blog.niceperson.org/2004/05/14/fork-in-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-340 Laurabelle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.niceperson.org/2004/05/14/fork-in-the-road/#comment-340 See, there you go. Your expectations were different from everyone else's. In retrospect, you were right, but soon enough it'll be water under the bridge for everyone. See, there you go. Your expectations were different from everyone else's.

In retrospect, you were right, but soon enough it'll be water under the bridge for everyone.

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