NHBushman.com Introduces Controversial Pay-Per-Comment Policy
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April 1, 2008, HUKOU TAIWAN
Taiwan blog The New Hampshire Bushman in Taiwan, today introduced a policy to help defray administrative costs. This policy would be the first of it’s kind anywhere in the blogging world. From April 1st, the blog would charge readers NT$5 to reply to articles with their comments. When asked about the impact of such a policy on readership, and in particular comments, blog owner MJ Klein had this to say:
“It costs money to run a blog. Our readers know that. It’s all about time, and how best to manage our limited time. Creating quality content takes time and our readers would prefer to have better content in the long run. At first we’ll lose a few, but we’ll gain more with better content.”
In order to comment to articles, readers would have to setup an account on the blog and then pay for credits which would be used each time a reader left a comment on the blog.
“We realize this new policy is controversial. We realize that some people will be put off by this policy and may refuse to comment. However we believe that this is the future of blogging,” Klein said.
Those responding to this article will be charged NT$5 for each comment.
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April 1st, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Can I email you some coins from Zimbabwe instead?
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April 1st, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Do you take checks?
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April 1st, 2008 at 7:51 pm
owshawng »
we can accept either, but please note that you now owe NT$10 on your account. just don’t tell CMIL, ok?
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April 1st, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Noooo, I’m poor, please don’t charge me!
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April 1st, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Happy April Fools’ Day to you too !
Should I snail-mail you 5 nt?
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April 1st, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Do you take checks?
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April 1st, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Dang, owshawng already asked about checks. Can I get a refund on my first comment?
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April 1st, 2008 at 11:29 pm
Sorry Kaminoge, we have a strict no refund policy. so, be sure you really wanna say what you post!
MJ Klein’s last blog post..NHBushman.com Introduces Controversial Pay-Per-Comment Policy
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April 2nd, 2008 at 12:00 am
I can get my hands on one of those devices to scan a credit card… do you take Visa or MasterCard??? I doubt you take American Express
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April 2nd, 2008 at 1:21 am
I have some spare Laos money. Maybe a few hundred thousand Kip. I will post it but don’t spend it all at once.
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April 2nd, 2008 at 5:02 am
Can we accumulate a few comments on the blogs, then make a lump payment in rum?
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April 2nd, 2008 at 10:38 am
Mike, we prefer gold, but we’ll take what we can get.
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April 2nd, 2008 at 10:39 am
Brunty, the shipping costs of Kip are prohibitive because it takes a wheelbarrow full to do anything. Let me put you in touch with our shipping department. Thanks.
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April 2nd, 2008 at 10:41 am
StefanMuc, yes, rum is an acceptable currency:
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April 7th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Only 5? You can’t keep my big flap shut!
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April 7th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
for your dumb comments i should charge you NT$5,000 each!
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April 7th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Only NT 5? I would pay double or triple that for sure.
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April 7th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
i’ll take that as a compliment, John!
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