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Offline M!ke

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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #20 on: July 23, 2010, 08:38:17 AM »
Quote from: arveolsen on July 22, 2010, 02:50:50 PM
I disagree, I find Modlife to be quite good for small updates about the band and I honestly don't mind paying a few pounds to them every now and again. If anything should be stamped as a failure it must be Blink182.com as it's completely disconnected from the band and it seems there's no interest in making it a hub for band related information from their management either.

It probably won't save the record industry though, but does it need saving? I'm sure it's doing alright.

we dont pay to access the features of blink182.com though.  Plus when the new album gets closer to completion, you know the site will have more active updates.

For what modlife is right now, its not worth it, if it were free or you only paid a small fee once, then I'd say it'd be worth it.  Soooo glad blink didn't end up using it.
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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #21 on: July 23, 2010, 06:42:06 PM »
Quote from: Oliver on July 23, 2010, 06:43:48 AM

Screw the record companies. They charged $20 for a CD that cost 5 cents to make. They paid the bands shit money. Why did they do that? Cause they could.


If they charged 5 cents a CD there would be no music industry and none of us would ever have heard of blink.
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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #22 on: July 23, 2010, 08:50:31 PM »
He never said they should only charge 5 cents.
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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #23 on: July 29, 2010, 11:56:15 AM »
How is modlife a failure?

They all have been busy with their own stuff and with the things they make for us.
Tom has 2 kids, 2 bands, 3 companies..
They have been busy finishing the movie and they are making music to put on the movie and
also on the new version of the LOVE record..

People who has been there since the beginning totally understand that they havent been
updating so much and we know that its not always like this..

And also, you dont need to pay if you dont want, which means you can stop complaining............
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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #24 on: July 29, 2010, 12:08:58 PM »
Quote from: fla182 on July 29, 2010, 11:56:15 AM
How is modlife a failure?

They all have been busy with their own stuff and with the things they make for us.
Tom has 2 kids, 2 bands, 3 companies..
They have been busy finishing the movie and they are making music to put on the movie and
also on the new version of the LOVE record..

People who has been there since the beginning totally understand that they havent been
updating so much and we know that its not always like this..

And also, you dont need to pay if you dont want, which means you can stop complaining............
You just showed us why its a failure. Because they're so busy they don't have time for it.
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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #25 on: July 29, 2010, 12:27:50 PM »
Of course some fans won't see it that way but when they go for weeks at a time without even a simple blog when tom can just pop one from his phone?

Yet we see Korn who is much bigger band then AVA and has just as much going on and updates EVERYDAY..

We were supposed to get 3 PPVs from the last tour...We got none.

We were supposed to get remixes....never saw the light of day..

The list really goes on and on with stuff we were supposed to get with modlife.
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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #26 on: July 29, 2010, 12:54:01 PM »
Quote from: fla182 on July 29, 2010, 11:56:15 AM


And also, you dont need to pay if you dont want, which means you can stop complaining............

Ever heard of user feedback? Usually it's customary to complain when there's something wrong with a given service. This feedback can then be used to improve the service.
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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #27 on: July 29, 2010, 01:59:26 PM »
Quote from: MSandt on July 23, 2010, 06:42:06 PM
Quote from: Oliver on July 23, 2010, 06:43:48 AM

Screw the record companies. They charged $20 for a CD that cost 5 cents to make. They paid the bands shit money. Why did they do that? Cause they could.


If they charged 5 cents a CD there would be no music industry and none of us would ever have heard of blink.

Like Juice said, I never claimed they should charge 5 cents for a CD.

But I admit I am glad the CD companies are feeling the pain. They made the consumer feel it for a long time.


« Last Edit: July 29, 2010, 02:04:20 PM by Oliver »
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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #28 on: July 29, 2010, 04:33:35 PM »
Quote from: fla182 on July 29, 2010, 11:56:15 AM
How is modlife a failure?

They all have been busy with their own stuff and with the things they make for us.
Tom has 2 kids, 2 bands, 3 companies..
They have been busy finishing the movie and they are making music to put on the movie and
also on the new version of the LOVE record..

People who has been there since the beginning totally understand that they havent been
updating so much and we know that its not always like this..

And also, you dont need to pay if you dont want, which means you can stop complaining............

You must be joking... you just listed why the company is a failure.  Companies that are a success (as opposed to failure) don't rely on their customers to "understand" why the website has been all but abandoned while you are paying good money to use it.  Your dedication to the band is being abused and you don't even realize it.
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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #29 on: July 29, 2010, 06:04:46 PM »
Modlife is so much of a failure that thanks to it, all of them know me and the other regulars modlifers.
We all had a great time at the shows and OH we got to be in front of you, non modlifers, in the line.
Been on modlife for 2 and half years and paying for it has been so worth.
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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #30 on: July 29, 2010, 06:15:12 PM »
flaaaaa i love you fla
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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #31 on: July 29, 2010, 06:16:28 PM »
Quote from: nolan182 on July 29, 2010, 06:15:12 PM
flaaaaa i love you fla

O GOD LOOK WHO'S HERE.
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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #32 on: July 29, 2010, 07:25:02 PM »
Quote from: fla182 on July 29, 2010, 06:04:46 PM
Modlife is so much of a failure that thanks to it, all of them know me and the other regulars modlifers.
We all had a great time at the shows and OH we got to be in front of you, non modlifers, in the line.
Been on modlife for 2 and half years and paying for it has been so worth.

of course they "know" you, you're paying them money. i'm sorry but i don't see the point of paying money for monthly (actually probably every other month) updates from a shitty band.
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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #33 on: July 29, 2010, 07:56:15 PM »
FAIL

FAIL

FAIL


modlife does fail.
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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #34 on: July 29, 2010, 08:01:20 PM »
^nicely done.
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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #35 on: July 29, 2010, 08:18:14 PM »
I feel its a failure, I am not paying money for this. Just not really good enough content to deserve cash, the things that people want money for... hmm
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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #36 on: July 29, 2010, 09:53:12 PM »
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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #37 on: July 29, 2010, 10:15:03 PM »
Quote from: fla182 on July 29, 2010, 11:56:15 AM
How is modlife a failure?

They all have been busy with their own stuff and with the things they make for us.
Tom has 2 kids, 2 bands, 3 companies..
They have been busy finishing the movie and they are making music to put on the movie and
also on the new version of the LOVE record..

People who has been there since the beginning totally understand that they havent been
updating so much and we know that its not always like this..

And also, you dont need to pay if you dont want, which means you can stop complaining............
you don'T understand my point. i'm not tallking specifically about AVA's use of modlife but about its overall use.
just look at all the different sections like "health, games, lifestyle, tv/films...." . not one is active. seeing all those different sections and having tom's predictions of what modlife was supposed to become in mind it IS a failure.
modlife is an expensive ghost town (ex. korn and ava)
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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #38 on: July 29, 2010, 11:03:34 PM »
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Quote from: fla182 on July 29, 2010, 11:56:15 AM
How is modlife a failure?

They all have been busy with their own stuff and with the things they make for us.
Tom has 2 kids, 2 bands, 3 companies..
They have been busy finishing the movie and they are making music to put on the movie and
also on the new version of the LOVE record..

People who has been there since the beginning totally understand that they havent been
updating so much and we know that its not always like this..

And also, you dont need to pay if you dont want, which means you can stop complaining............
you don'T understand my point. i'm not tallking specifically about AVA's use of modlife but about its overall use.
just look at all the different sections like "health, games, lifestyle, tv/films...." . not one is active. seeing all those different sections and having tom's predictions of what modlife was supposed to become in mind it IS a failure.
modlife is an expensive ghost town (ex. korn and ava)

that makes sense but for me they just need to put more money in marketing.. modlife is a great idea and it works fine for big bands,
like ava and korn, because they have people who are interested on it. but the other small bands and unknown people cant stay
active for too long since they dont have enough fans.. unless they spread the word.
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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #39 on: July 30, 2010, 02:12:06 AM »
I think modlife can work because it's customizable.

If you can't update as much, then charge less. If you barely update, then don't charge at all, or charge very little. Or just charge the parts of the site that actually can sell and make the rest of it free. The band creates any source of revenue they want based on wahtever they want to put up, and then the fans decide if it's worth it to pay or not. If they think it's worth it then let them pay, who the hell cares. If it's a ripoff, it's a ripoff in a way that the band has decided to run their modlife. It's not exactly fair to say that modlife as a whole, in general, has to be a ripoff because one band runs their modlife as a ripoff.

I think the problem is that people think that the way AVA runs their modlife site is the way it has to be, therefore if AVA's modlife sucks then the whole thing has to suck. I think that's kind of like saying if somebody has a crappy ugly myspace, then that means myspace sucks, because one person decided to run their myspace in an annoying and cheap fashion.
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