Matt’s Comments

• Dec 7th, 2017 @ 11:15am

  (untitled comment)

  on Why I Changed My Mind On Net Neutrality
  Great to see a thorough rebuttal to Ben's article. I too am big fan of his and was quite surprised when he posted this.
  
  Real competition is best the solution but without title II, we may be left with no options to enforce net neutrality until new law is passed.
• Mar 6th, 2017 @ 7:52am

  Re: Missing a vital bit of the quote...

  on PR-Stupid JetSmarter Will Charge Journalists $2000 If They Don't Write Positive Reviews
  The Verge article lists the article requirements from the first page as
  
  “a full-feature article on flight and positive experience with JetSmarter, highlighting the concept and services."
• Oct 28th, 2016 @ 12:55pm

  Re: Another Techdirt Leftist Rant...

  on How Facebook's Racial Segmentation Is Helping Trump Campaign Try To Suppress African American Voting
  The suppression term came directly from a a senior Trump official. You can debate if this is truly suppression but it is the campaign using the term.
• Aug 31st, 2016 @ 1:39pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Washington Post Charges An 'Activation' Fee To Let You Pay Them To Get Around Their Paywall
  I am skeptical of the success of their paywall but the activation fee does make some sense. If their goal is to avoid people subscribing only when needed, the $5 fee may be enough to convince people to stay subscribed month to month.
• Feb 3rd, 2016 @ 3:46pm

  Cheaper than just broadband

  on Comcast 'Only' Lost 36,000 Pay TV Subscribers Last Year, Prompting Renewed Cord Cutting Denial
  I cut cable about 10 years ago but due to increased broadband rates it was cheaper to switch to a "triple play" plan. I still don't watch cable and don't even know what my land line phone number is.
• Dec 1st, 2015 @ 11:19am

  Re:

  on ESPN Ignored Cord Cutting Threat, Paid For It With Huge Viewership Losses
  After cutting cable 9 years ago I just signed up again this past week. This is due to it being cheaper to get cable with internet than just internet.
  
  Was almost tempted to tell the the installer they could skip hooking up the cable box as I have no desire to watch 20+ min of commercials every hour.
• Nov 19th, 2015 @ 7:11am

  What is the incentive

  on Why Does The Press Have To Keep Fixing All Of Comcast's Screw Ups?
  Without competition, there is no incentive to offer a better service. Only the loss of customer's will really ever effect this type of change.
• Aug 25th, 2015 @ 2:04pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: On Demand infrastructure?

  on How The Heavy Hand Of Government Stifles The On Demand Economy
  Isn't surge pricing based on when demand outpaces supply? Uber uses surge pricing to encourage more drivers. In the middle of the night, demand may be low but supply could be even lower. This could create a situation where travelers coming in may still need to pay higher rates to encourage enough supply at off-peak times.
• Feb 5th, 2015 @ 11:09am

  Re:

  on Judges May Deflate Massive Opportunity By Declaring Uber, Lyft Drivers 'Employees' Rather Than Independent Contractors
  Yes, most Uber drivers I know contract with multiple companies. They will keep multiple apps/phones open and take the first ride request they get.
• Dec 9th, 2014 @ 2:35pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Announcing The 2014 Holiday Sale At The Techdirt Insider Shop
  Not bad but you need a more sensationalist headline. Based on the most expensive item store, you can save more than 10 million dollars!
• Dec 12th, 2012 @ 8:43pm

  Re:

  on Infographic: People Will Pay To Support Creators, Even When Free Is An Option
  Sorry, not trying to be impolite and could care less about the actual sales figures. Just wanted to get more clarity on the trends presented by having a better understanding of the sample set.
  
  Personally, I have been a fan of the site for many years and always looking for new ways to support it.
• Dec 12th, 2012 @ 2:21pm

  # of downloads

  on Infographic: People Will Pay To Support Creators, Even When Free Is An Option
  Very interesting data. Can you comment on the number of downloads?
• Jun 2nd, 2010 @ 10:56pm

  Acces to me is a scarce good

  on Planet Money Crew Merges T-Shirts And Journalism
  I like the new shirt but isn't a personal conversation with me (my time and attention) an example of a scarce good? ;)
• Mar 22nd, 2010 @ 3:47pm

  Re: Re: label anonymou commenters per story

  on Are Anonymous Comments Evil?
  Great to hear you are thinking about this
• Mar 22nd, 2010 @ 3:39pm

  Re: Re: label anonymous commenters per story

  on Are Anonymous Comments Evil?
  An IP address is not perfect and there are ways to spoof/hide it. However, in the context of this forum, it would provide a good proxy to identifying a single user.
  
  BTW, I am not advocating the listing of user IPs. Just using the IP address to create a unique nickname for the thread.
• Mar 22nd, 2010 @ 3:08pm

  label anonymou commenters per story

  on Are Anonymous Comments Evil?
  I have always respected Techdirt's policy of anonymous commenters and wish more more sites offered such functionality.
  
  One feature request:
  
  Would it be possible to identify anonymous commenters per story? For example, the 1st anonymous commenter to a story would be labeled as "Anonymous Coward #1" for all posts relating to the that story. The 2nd anonymous commenter would labeled as "Anonymous Coward #2", etc.
  
  It is frustrating to read the commentary and not know if the anonymous comments are coming from one person or from 20.
• Mar 11th, 2010 @ 7:02am

  Re: ARGH!!! Paywall

  on The Real Problem With The Economy: Misallocation Of Capital?
  Yes. Same for me. Search the article title in Google if you would like to read it.
  
  Really hits home the point that WSJ is taking themselves out of the conversation when people can not share their articles.
• Mar 8th, 2010 @ 11:54am

  DDoS attack

  on Ubisoft's 'You Must Be Connected To This Server' Annoying DRM Servers Go Down
  More details on the story have Ubisoft reporting that it was a DDoS attach that took down their servers. They also claim that no one has hacked the DRM at this point
  
  http://kotaku.com/5488372/denial-of-service-attack-kills-ubisoft-drm-your-assassins-creed-i i-playtime
• Mar 8th, 2010 @ 11:50am

  Re: You get what you pay for...

  on RIAA Takes The Cake: Equates File Sharing To Children's Fairy Tale
  Is your argument that the labels can not effectively promote on the internet and must therefore pass the cost on to consumers?
• Jan 28th, 2010 @ 10:08am

  From a Publication that gives away the print version

  on What's A Bigger Entitlement Mentality? Demanding Old Business Models Must Remain... Or Liking Free Stuff?
  What is really funny is that this is in a trade publication that gives away its printed version. Maybe the editor should have talked to the publishing/advertising side first to understand his own companies business model.

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