tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post6987179922382706198..comments2024-03-22T02:15:56.280-07:00Comments on Jersey Jazzman: Save Valerie Strauss from Jeff BezosDukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-56482072284899230472013-08-11T16:29:24.219-07:002013-08-11T16:29:24.219-07:00Since the WaPo put up its paywall a couple months ...Since the WaPo put up its paywall a couple months ago, the dialog on The Answer Sheet, which used to be fast and furious, has dropped off considerably. There's a little more action earlier in the month as we all get our next 20 free articles, and some posts still see a fair amount of action - particularly as readers get better at working around the paywall (linking into articles from other sources like Facebook and even Google) - but the post frequency has also dropped off, and the level of discourse isn't the same<br /><br />If the Post is (or ever was?) truly serious about keeping The Answer Sheet up and running, they would have considered exempting the blog (and other popular WaPo blogs) from the paywall. The difficulties started before Bezos came on the scene, and it seems that there is probable cause to be more worried now.CrunchyMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434606158400653601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-25179847681179896962013-08-07T06:10:40.796-07:002013-08-07T06:10:40.796-07:00Maybe super duper billionaire, Jeff Bezos, could s...Maybe super duper billionaire, Jeff Bezos, could spend some of his vast fortune on the overheated Amazon warehouses?giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13445832057107337104noreply@blogger.com