[Sigia-l] Folksonomy on IT Conversations

[Thomas Quine]

Ziya:

"Would you only consider all-in-one monthly/yearly sub? If not, how much
would you pay a la carte for one specific podcast, say, the Folksonomy
one?"
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I resent having to buy individual songs for 99 cents, that starts to
rack up pretty fast, so I look for a service like emusic where I can get
a bundle of songs for $9.99 per month or whatever. But a yearly fee is a
rip-off and I want more mobility and flexibility than to be locked in
for a year, especially with the Web changing pretty much hourly.

So I would not pay for a single half-hour lecture unless it was
laser-focused on my requirements (like the Folksonomy one), but I would
pay monthly for monthly unlimited downloads like these various
music-to-go services or even limited downloads, such as audible or
emusic.

I think even more than content what I'm really paying for, and I have no
problem paying for this, is the editorial effort that went into
assembling the content and the IA expended putting together the metadata
and the navigational system that helps me find what I want.

And I recognize that with music or any other content, I don't know what
I want until I hear it or experience it, so I rely on an editor (through
methods like "Editor's Choice!" tags, or some rating system, or "Others
who liked this also liked that" or "similar artists" systems) to
introduce me to stuff I don't know about but should.

By the way, these are to me the burning issues of information
architecture - whoever gets the consumer to their preferred content
fastest is the hero of the hour.

- Thom

Thomas Quine:

> so for sure I would pay $20 per month for quality IT lectures

Would you only consider all-in-one monthly/yearly sub? If not, how much
would you pay a la carte for one specific podcast, say, the Folksonomy
one?

Ziya