Re: PBEM websites

From: lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)

Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:52:17 +0000

In article <4aa45vFs5gl0U1@individual.net>,
Brandon Blackmoor  <bblackmoor@spamcop.net> wrote:

>Exactly. It doesn't matter if there are four PBEM RPG sites or fourteen,
>just as it doesn't matter how many grocery stores there are.

As a consumer, I don't feel like I need to go to all 14 grocery stores
in order to see all the products before committing to a multi-year
contract. So PBM is very unlike groceries.

>In my opinion, people who think having more than one site is a bad thing
>do not understand the economics of the web.

You should consider a second career in humor. The web lowered the cost of
publishing, which has both good and bad effects. You can spot the good,
and have a blind spot for the bad.

> There is little to no
> transaction cost in searching more then one site (if it is well
> designed),

Reading about the games takes time. Now imagine that all 14 sites have
a bunch of the same games listed.

>More importantly, repeatedly claiming it is false will not make the
>additional sites go away,

Duh.

-- g

References

Re: PBEM websites
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Thu, 13 Apr 2006 23:51:28 +0000
Re: PBEM websites
"PBeMPortal" <pbem@tapirdesigns.co.uk>
Fri, 14 Apr 2006 07:51:42 +0000
Re: PBEM websites
Brandon Blackmoor <bblackmoor@spamcop.net>
Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:24:11 +0000