I think it's nice to have a sustainable revenue for a site like Mixergy. I find the content very useful and i like it to exist for a long time.
I can imagine it costs to maintain a site like Mixergy and to produce it's original content. So having a revenue stream means the founder can continue to focus on Mixergy, continue to improve it, continue to produce more contents and not have to worry about how to spend his time finding a living.
Of course, eventually it can lead to more income than he probably needs to operate the site, then i think that's also his choice how to spend the profits anyway he sees it. As far as i see it, i like Mixergy to continue, and if it starts to charge for some of the premium features, then i will evaluate if it's worth for me paying it.
With income i think there's always the concern if the motivation to move forward with Mixergy is only about money instead of about creating valuable content for it's users. For this concern, i think we can all evaluate for ourselves if we see it like this, and can decide not to use it anymore. And, as we all know on the web, it's very easy to switch to a different site.
would be nice specially if internet access there is also super fast, so any network guru can just go there and still be able to administer remotely whatever he/she is administering before. :)
but any serious work related to network can probably last more than a few months. perhaps a sabbatical leave will do. :)
I can imagine it costs to maintain a site like Mixergy and to produce it's original content. So having a revenue stream means the founder can continue to focus on Mixergy, continue to improve it, continue to produce more contents and not have to worry about how to spend his time finding a living.
Of course, eventually it can lead to more income than he probably needs to operate the site, then i think that's also his choice how to spend the profits anyway he sees it. As far as i see it, i like Mixergy to continue, and if it starts to charge for some of the premium features, then i will evaluate if it's worth for me paying it.
With income i think there's always the concern if the motivation to move forward with Mixergy is only about money instead of about creating valuable content for it's users. For this concern, i think we can all evaluate for ourselves if we see it like this, and can decide not to use it anymore. And, as we all know on the web, it's very easy to switch to a different site.