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Company and community sharing/not sharing revenue

Posted in community, topic reflection with tags , , , , , on February 15, 2008 by mistressmostly

Revenue sharing, from ads or similar income generators, between companies and their connected communties providing the content is uncommon, and not an expected relation between community and a given company, should money at some point be generated.
(E.g MySpace or YouTube)
A company host the site, design the frames of the site.
Users have their playground, designing the activity and the information flow.
Sharing of revenue is only common when a contract between user and company explicitly state that, typically a cornerstone in attracting a community
But more often it is the case that companies have direct affiliate programs, stating the benefit of one user, to connect others. (E.g Rebtel Affiliate program on Facebook).