Paywalls kill off traffic and interactivity

Andrew Sullivan has come out against the paywall.

Writing on the Atlantic blog he says

I can see the value of some paywalls, but I just don't buy the business model long term. What the web values is connectivity as well as traffic. Paywalls kill off critical interaction with the wider blogosphere and reduce readership drastically. I can see why media moguls might want the paywalls as some kind of replacement for all the power and money they have lost over the last decade. But I fear that the moment has passed. There are too many amateurs out there as good as professionals; and the barrier to entry is minimal. Perhaps the media mogul is as endangered as the owners of record companies.

You Tube to the fore as Iran burns

The latest demonstrations in Iran are resulting in deaths tragically.

For some of the best round ups of the latest using social media especially You Tube-I heartily recommend Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish which is trawling the site for the latest You Tube videos and have been live blogging since Saturday night



In this one,a protestor raises a black helmet, a few protestors hold what appear to be photos of a bloody victim, and a protestor waves a green flag of victory.

In this video clip,as Khatami speaks, the thugs from the coup regime surround the meeting hall and chaos erupts.



And in this one,more clashes from the streets yesterday