Comments on: YouTube Subscribes to the Calacanis Kool-Aid http://www.joemanna.com/blog/youtube-subscribes-to-the-calacanis-kool-aid/ Joe Manna's Personal Blog. Community manager, social media strategist and very opinionated. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:36:39 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Netscape Web Browser Bids Farewell at DygiScape http://www.joemanna.com/blog/youtube-subscribes-to-the-calacanis-kool-aid/comment-page-1/#comment-35194 Netscape Web Browser Bids Farewell at DygiScape Tue, 01 Jan 2008 04:09:06 +0000 http://www.joemanna.com/blog/2007/01/youtube-subscribes-to-the-calacanis-kool-aid/#comment-35194 [...] that set off the Social Media Blogosphere — his bounty for top users on other sites. Even I disagreed with the aggressive call to action; nonetheless, there was some drama. Digg’s owner, Kevin [...] [...] that set off the Social Media Blogosphere — his bounty for top users on other sites. Even I disagreed with the aggressive call to action; nonetheless, there was some drama. Digg’s owner, Kevin [...]

]]> By: Joe http://www.joemanna.com/blog/youtube-subscribes-to-the-calacanis-kool-aid/comment-page-1/#comment-2867 Joe Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:05:21 +0000 http://www.joemanna.com/blog/2007/01/youtube-subscribes-to-the-calacanis-kool-aid/#comment-2867 Jason, Thanks for commenting. When you took over the traffic, you helped Netscape by clotting the loss of traffic. You seem to lay responsibility into Netscape Mail migrating to AOL/AIM Mail. Is it true that 35% of all Netscape-related traffic was just to access their e-mail? Overall, I'm not disputing the fact you did salvage a dying homepage. However, since I don't know the ROI of paying the anchors/navigators, I was inquiring on if having paid content producers would prove to be a profitable investment. I suspect that paying content producers initially helps boost an unknown product, but there is a certain point when the community functions on its own. Perhaps, as a venture capitalist that embraces Web 2.0, you might attest to that? Jason,

Thanks for commenting. When you took over the traffic, you helped Netscape by clotting the loss of traffic.

You seem to lay responsibility into Netscape Mail migrating to AOL/AIM Mail. Is it true that 35% of all Netscape-related traffic was just to access their e-mail?

Overall, I’m not disputing the fact you did salvage a dying homepage. However, since I don’t know the ROI of paying the anchors/navigators, I was inquiring on if having paid content producers would prove to be a profitable investment.

I suspect that paying content producers initially helps boost an unknown product, but there is a certain point when the community functions on its own.

Perhaps, as a venture capitalist that embraces Web 2.0, you might attest to that?

]]> By: Jason http://www.joemanna.com/blog/youtube-subscribes-to-the-calacanis-kool-aid/comment-page-1/#comment-2839 Jason Sun, 28 Jan 2007 01:08:18 +0000 http://www.joemanna.com/blog/2007/01/youtube-subscribes-to-the-calacanis-kool-aid/#comment-2839 If you look at that graph what you see is that Netscape was trending down for three years and when I took it over we were able to stop the traffic from going away!!! Additionally, when I took over 35% of the traffic from Web-based email moved over to AIM/AOL.COM (this was not my decision). So, in truth the traffic at Netscape went way up when you take out the email. Also, Netscape is on the SAME EXACT growth curve as digg in their first year. the number of stories, votes, comments, and members are all tracking EXACTLY like digg. So, Netscape is back and doing better than it has in three years! If you look at that graph what you see is that Netscape was trending down for three years and when I took it over we were able to stop the traffic from going away!!!

Additionally, when I took over 35% of the traffic from Web-based email moved over to AIM/AOL.COM (this was not my decision).

So, in truth the traffic at Netscape went way up when you take out the email.

Also, Netscape is on the SAME EXACT growth curve as digg in their first year. the number of stories, votes, comments, and members are all tracking EXACTLY like digg.

So, Netscape is back and doing better than it has in three years!

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