It finally happened!

For the last couple of years the web has been presenting a growing amount of free moblog services. These moblogs in turn have presented a growing amount of mobloggers- using the services for free.. (remember - free moblog services!)

And now - the biggest moblog service of them all - the American moblog community textamerica, finally did it. They charge new users 99 dollars a year.

It was bound to happen. The question is - what will happen now? Will people pay? Will users drop out? Will the community revolt, as happened when Yahoo demanded Yahoo memberships for Flickr users?

Well.. We will see.. But let me guess - I guess that the community at textamerica is strong enough to keep their users, and that the users who are active within the community are willing to pay- because they will (rightly) think it is worth it.

Some users might drop out, but it will be those who were not really into it anyway.
Recruiting will be harder. At least as long as there are free alternatives around. And there are plenty of them out there.

Category: moblogging