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Pastimes : Discuss Go2Net's acquisition of our beloved SI
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To: Ally who wrote (106)4/24/1998 1:45:00 PM
From: Scott Pedigo   of 446
 
GO2NET should always bear in mind that we are the substance and
the life to SI. We are the "performers". Without our active
participation on the threads, there is no show.

Exactly. I agree with the rest of your post completely. A takeover
destroying a culture is not limited to BBSs, by the way. I've seen
it happen to a manufacturing company of high-tech machines, where
the know-how and creativity was lost when the good (actually all)
employees were lost due to arrogant management in the buying firm.

In our case, almost ALL the content of SI is produced by those who
have purchased lifetime subscriptions. There are guest articles,
links, and various services provided by SI itself, but the heart of
the company is the messaging system (an excellently designed one)
and of course the messages.

If the subscribers don't feel they are treated fairly, then what
we will see is lots of threads filled with messages berating GO2NET.
What irony if that happens - the product itself turns on its master.
They can't afford that. It won't be a flame-fest about a product,
the product will BE the flame-fest.

So because of that risk, and because of the assurances of Brad
previously posted on this thread, I feel confident that for the
short to medium term nothing will change for those who have already
subscribed. Ten years down the road, who can say. That is an
eternity in the world of computers and the Internet.
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