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What's the current price of classmates?
A week has passed since accounts on Odnoklassniki.ru became paid, and it went without incident—the traditional storm of indignation erupted on LiveJournal, while the spammers, for whose sake this was allegedly orchestrated, will now pay slightly over a dollar for registration.
"Black Friday" on October 31 divided all users of the "Odnoklassniki" social network into "newcomers" and "old-timers." Now, an account on the Odnoklassniki.ru site can only be created for money. Payment is made via SMS and costs between 28 and 35 rubles, depending on the operator. Newcomers either pay or remain unable to view other people's pages, send private messages, comment, or rate photos.
The internet community's reaction was immediate. The resource was dubbed "Greedklassniki" (Greedy-classmates) and people prepared to bury it. "In my view, they are simply ghouls," fumes LiveJournal user mirinda4ka. "I wonder how much time separates them from the 'Every click costs an SMS' principle?" echoes allaall. "I've already found everyone I need. Of course, thanks to the site for that. But their greed strikes me, considering that the competition is quite high," writes butilkaroma. "I believe that paid registration is the first nail in the coffin of 'Odnoklassniki.' It's interesting and funny that registration is now paid, argued as being the most effective system for fighting spam (thankfully, there are no such idiots at mail.ru or Yandex)."
Suggestions to delete "Odnoklassniki" accounts and move to competitors are also pouring in. Meanwhile, the head of the resource, Nikita Sherman, explained in all his interviews that the registration fee would only be charged to new users and the network does not intend to introduce additional paid services that would be mandatory for everyone. Since August, services that require payment have been introduced on "Odnoklassniki"—but this has absolutely no effect on the lives of most users. The "invisible" service is available, allowing one to view others' pages without appearing in the guest list. There is a limit on the number of uploaded photos. After publishing 11 free photos, every 20 cost approximately 100 rubles. A service allowing users to give higher ratings to other users' photos costs about 120 rubles per month.
Nikolay Samokhvalov, head and co-founder of the "Mir Tesen" social network, believes that paid services are natural. However, introducing paid registration was a major mistake by "Odnoklassniki." "Any barrier, even the most modest, causes an outflow of a certain percentage of users," Samokhvalov is certain. "From the perspective of network development, even a free SMS during registration would be a deterrent. And if you have to pay for it, of course, it will stop many people. Residents of the far abroad are also excluded." Yes, the bulk of the target audience is already registered on the site, and there will be no drastic changes in their ranks. But, as Mr. Samokhvalov correctly noted, every day a mass of people learn that the internet exists, and that there are social networks within it—and these people may easily prefer competing projects over "Odnoklassniki." The expert confirmed that the fight against spam had nothing to do with it in this case: "After registering for 30 rubles, a spammer will send a million messages—and will recover all their costs many times over. So, of course, the creators of 'Odnoklassniki' were thinking about the project's profitability." It is no secret that social networks do not make money from their traffic. Despite huge attendance, they bring minimal income. Perhaps "Odnoklassniki.ru" will become a project that brings its creators money without users going broke on registration or experiencing discomfort from an intrusive service.
Nikita Sherman, president of "Odnoklassniki," when asked a direct question by www.timeout.ru whether introducing paid registration for new users was a step in the right direction, replied that he was not ready to speak about it yet. "This can be discussed later."
hahahaha))))) poor plebs.
Первый, кто был забанен за Правду.
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