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Originally posted by CookieRevised
So, I don't see how this is "exactly what many people were afraid of". Some people were/are afraid that Messenger Plus! would become payware, or riddled with adware. Although you have a point that it is under the same trusted branding of "Plus!", it is something different.
I think people are more afraid of the loss of users due to the myth of adware etc due to all the adverts. We have already had threads on the forum asking about the Game of the Month button and why it is there when the user did not authorize it.
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Originally posted by CookieRevised
that is exactly why Nathalie made that post. So why give the impression that you accuse Yuna for not getting the community involved? That announcement was _exactly_ made to get this community involved in the first place :/
I may have missed something, but nowhere in the post does it say they are looking for feedback. Ok, so there have already been PMs to Nathalie from testers and translators as I would have expected, but nowhere in the post does it ask for it. Even in the latest post acknowledging the feedback does it say anything will be done, just that they will receive a response.
As for the games at plusfun, I've seen too many people ripped off by this method of being automatically subscribed and having to text to unsubscribe, but being charged until you do. It all started with the "crazy frog" craze several years ago. You don't see them anymore in the UK as it was found most of them were dodgy and not doing what they said they would... Straight away people's trust in these games could be shattered,
Adverts shown on the site are deceiving (as most adverts used to be)... My IP has been selected as a potential winner. No sign that it is an advertisement as more and more honest companies are starting to do.
The website appears to be copyright 2010 Search Plus! - That in my opinion should be Yuna or Messenger Plus! If it's all going to be part of a brand, like Live, then the copyright shouldn't belong to a particular section of the brand, but the main product.
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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Note also that the amount of players of those games already shows that they are on the right track with something like Plus!Games, at least for now. What the future will bring, nobody knows I guess (although a lot of such online game portals seem to spring alive in a burst with a massive user count before the active user count settles down)...
I set up a gaming web site at college which had more users than I've currently seen online... That was mainly using a phpbb (I think) forum with an arcade. It's not the quality of the games for most people, but the fact it's something new and exciting that promises rewards.
I am now getting even more untargeted adverts including download accelerators, translators and PC repair tools. Most adverts I've seen are the types people have no learnt to avoid so I hope Yuna got a good deal with the Advertising company (HIgh CPC or a decent CPI rate)
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Originally posted by Prject K Finally Revealed
Messenger Plus! will now be distributed with the Kaspersky Internet Security program and sold for a minor price. Of course, current users will receive a proper discount
/facepalm
Proper discount had better mean free...
EDIT: If this is going to be an April's Fool Joke, it would be in really bad taste considering the current mood the community seems to mostly be in.
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