Motley Fool Charging Customers For Access
from the another-one-bites-the-dust dept
andrew h writes "Well, it finally happened. The Motley Fool is going to be charging $29.95 per year to access the message boards & other services. See the full scoop from them (in an unfailingly cheerful tone, of course)." Yeah, funny how they don't say "well, we never had a real business model, so now we'll try to make up a new one". I never go to their site, so I have no idea how strong the community is there, but it would seem to me that it's easily replaced at a variety of free sites. I'm sure some people will pay, but it would surprise me if they make very much money off of it.
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i would try to explain a little about them, their site, their business model, and why people flock there on a daily basis, but obviously, you sir, are a moron.
wonder why they never just gave their books away too??!!
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