Jodokast96
R.I.P Bassman442
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join:2005-11-23
Erial, NJ | One word...
GREED! They have to have it all! |
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tsu
join:2001-08-17
Wheeling, IL
| Which, ironically, they fail at miserably. If they understood that the "content portals" they mimic as may as well be renamed "useless crap nobody wants" they'd have more green in the bank, or spent upgrading their network.
Unless they're going to innovate (R&D costs a ton more than spawning look-a-likes!), they're doomed to failure.
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"You do not secure the liberty of our country and value of our democracy by undermining them, that's the road to hell." - Lord Phillips of Sudbury. |
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Sabre
Di relung hatiku bernyanyi bidadari
join:2005-05-17
 ·Comcast
| Back when I worked in Comcast Tier 1, we always dreaded the rollout of new content-style technology. It never worked right at first (not necessarily a Comcast thing, it's always hard to get new technology to work right) and thousands of people would call and whine about the changes.
I remember one old lady who furiously demanded to cancel her service because we moved the search bar on the homepage. *shrug*
My thought then, echoed by many I knew, and what I still think now, is simpler. In a nutshell, creating content takes man-hours away from making it work. But content also keeps people coming to the site.
Since there's already successful specialised portals and tools out there (YouTube for video, iTunes for music, Adaware/Spybot for security, etc, etc), why not put some of that money instead toward forming corporate partnerships?
Sure, I understand that would be hard with Google owning YouTube, Apple owning iTunes, and suchlike, but aren't there ways this could be made to work? Instead of creating your own content to mirror what someone else provides, link up with them and offer a co-branded version yourself! Comcast already does this with Giganews as their newsgroup provider. Then you get the innovation, spend probably the same amount as you would on design and development, and without most of the maintenance overhead.
It never occurred to me why so few providers seem to want to pursue an avenue like this. Certainly it seems to me like it's worth at least a look. There may be practical limitations I don't know about, but hey, it's worth a shot.
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With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. |
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Titus Pullo
I came, I saw, I slept
join:2004-06-26
 ·Embarq
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said by tsu  :Which, ironically, they fail at miserably. If they understood that the "content portals" they mimic as may as well be renamed "useless crap nobody wants" they'd have more green in the bank, or spent upgrading their network. Unless they're going to innovate (R&D costs a ton more than spawning look-a-likes!), they're doomed to failure. I guess owning the road with a toll isn't enough anymore, is it? Comcast . . . just the name makes my skin crawl, and I still pay for their TV service (at $3 more a month for nothing since they took over Adelphia). I digress 
Look, these clueless and witless fuktard marketing mavens have their heads so far up their accountant's backside they need a stock split to eat lunch. Have you ever HEARD a marketing person talk? They don't speak English, they blather some sort of asinine piffle that amounts to a very bad verbal PowerPoint presentation --complete with bullets and 'wipe' (pun intended) transitions.
Marketing is the con dept of your favorite corporate entity. That's it in a nutshell. The fledgling jerk off in the Armani with the manicure finishes another wasted hour with the board and calls his ASSistant who calls marketing to do a group-think on a white-board that POPS into brrrrrrrrrrrrr another f'n stupendously hideous crawling horror of an idea to twist up Benny Broadband's backside that, in the final analsysis, isn't worth the fuzz in a cat's stool.
This is why you have shiny new Comcast trucks carrying a bozobob splitter sucker in his new Comcast shirt and hat spread across the country like f'n army ants ready to sleep on your couch at a moments notice.
Presentation, penetration, palpitation, POP. Can't you feel it? It's C O M C A S T I C !!
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"I am not young enough to know everything."
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Vig
Thread-safe since 1997
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join:2004-03-23
San Diego, CA | I just wish I could tell how you really feel about Comcast... |
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Rob
In Deo speramus
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join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL |  reply to Titus Pullo
That was a great post! |
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Michieru
zzz zzz zzz
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join:2005-01-28
Miami, FL | reply to Titus Pullo
Usually those who are in marketing are simply studying just to lie.
Just like a debate club is sponsored by politicians for kids to debate in schools. |
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Juke Box
Free From Marketing
Premium
join:2001-01-29
Bar & Grill
·Comcast
| reply to Jodokast96
Dude, we live in America and greed is good.
Keep your money in a shoe box and I guarantee that someone will swindle you out of it eventually.
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If you are having half as much fun as I am, then I must be having twice the fun than you are. Do The Math! |
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Juke Box
Free From Marketing
Premium
join:2001-01-29
Bar & Grill
·Comcast
| reply to Sabre
said by Sabre :Back when I worked in Comcast Tier 1, Dude, what planet do you think people live on? Way back when when you were tier one.. You had no clue...
So how does that give you insight on this company accounting practices? Maybe I missed something in your remarks.
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If you are having half as much fun as I am, then I must be having twice the fun than you are. Do The Math! |
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TScheisskopf
World News Trust
join:2005-02-13
Belvidere, NJ | reply to Titus Pullo
Now THAT is one hell of a gonzo rant. Kudos, man. I hope you didn't need to get all wretched on Ether to write that. |
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Jodokast96
R.I.P Bassman442
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join:2005-11-23
Erial, NJ
·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to Juke Box
said by Juke Box :Keep your money in a shoe box and I guarantee that someone will swindle you out of it eventually. Lol, you may be right, but I am one cheap-ass tightwad. |
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