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To Those Who Have Emailed
Nothing Changed at All; Micropayments Simply Don’t Work
New York Times: “What changed, The Times said, was that many more readers started coming to the site from search engines and links on other sites instead of coming directly to NYTimes.com. These indirect readers, unable to get access to articles behind the pay wall and less likely to pay subscription fees than the more loyal direct users, were seen as opportunities for more page views and increased advertising revenue.”
Okay, This Facebook Thing is Out of Control
I just sent an Add Friend request to Jonathan Franzen. Whether he will be my friend or not, who can say? But if Franzen is on Facebook, is it safe to say that Facebook has jumped the shark?
(And if Rick Moody can be my Facebook friend, then surely Jonathan Franzen can!)
[UPDATE: This just in. Leonard Cohen is on Facebook. What the fuck?]