Correct, I'm a big boy and I can handle it. :-) No one should ever feel bad for me... I got a free roll on <i>life</i>. I'm playing with the houses money and my life is 1,000x better than I ever thought it would be.<p>Seriously, I've been fighting with these guys for a decade trying to get them to address the fact that their data is wrong and HIGHLY DAMAGING for startups looking to get ad revenue.<p>They ignored me for a decade, and this email was the FIRST time I've really been able to get them to address the issue.<p>I try to take these inside conversations and put them in the sunlight and part of that is writing with a certain, well, flair (at least 20 pieces of flair in fact).<p>You can be sure I'm laughing and smiling when I write these things, and more so when folks like Comscore or Kiretsu Forum take the bait.<p>Now that Comscore has engaged the debate other folks can move it forward. I think Comscore will do the right thing here and move to a freemium model like:<p>1. Free for companies with under 50M impressions
2. $1,000 a year for companies with 50m-250m impressions
3. $5,000 a year for companies over 250M impressions<p>If they did this they would build a funnel of clients and a ton of good will. Compare that plan to their current plan:<p>1. Pay us $5,000 for accurate stats or...
2. Don't pay us and we will use our old and admittedly inaccurate system for counting your stats--thus damaging your company and ability to get advertising.<p>best j