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Rediff launches SMS Poll
June 19, 2007 · Posted in India portals, Mobile India
Close on the heels of Ibibo’s launch of polls via SMS, Rediff has launched a SMS based mobile poll service. { If this service already existed, please feel free to correct me.} But from what I uncovered, it seems that this is a new feature.
However, it looks like they do not provide users the ability to create arbitrary polls. Instead, they create the polls and the voting options. Users can only SMS their vote for a particular poll.
How lame !!
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So its not a feature for the users…its more like a way to earn some bucks from the SMSes!
whats wrong with earning money my friend.after all it’s business.any way they havent forced any one to use the feature.there is some thing really wrong with us indian’s.we feel earning money is a sin while we all look aroundfor money
there is this m-ginger thats becoming kind of a wave for money earning users using sms spamming technology.right now there is one service thats offering ad free sms for its users(indyarocks)-but my strong feeling is that they too will eventually look at money generation through mobile ads.i feel its absolutly fair on part of rediff to use this strategy.
See in the context of TV channels — the Technology guy would argue that SMS adds INTERACTIVITY to television programming; the Business guy would look at the amount of revenue it gets. And it is a win-win situation for both. However, in the ONLINE context, interactivity is IN-BUILT into the medium. So it is TOTALLY SILLY and COUNTER-INTUITIVE for Rediff to expect people to be on a web page and instead of voting there itself, to whip out their mobiles and vote via SMS!!! Tut-tut! I completely agree with the Editor’s note here that this is LAME — not only from a technology/features focus, but also from a business perspective! And is CERTAINLY not web 2.0, as it does not empower users to create polls and get other users to vote (e.g. Tezaa, ibibo).