So here’s a little diddy, SweetSpot is a sort of fee-based social network for diabetics and their friends/family. Since I have several family diabetic family members SweetSpot hit the spot. It’s sort of light on features/functionality but I think that’s the point, especially if they’re target market is babyboomers, their kids and small groups. Case in point, I found the site and immediately dropped my mom an email and ask her to check it out.
That said, I have to wonder whether the subscription market will backlash because let’s be real, how many $10-$40 subscriptions can your bank account handle? Personally, I tend to try to keep my subscriptions to a minimum because I tend to forget what I’ve subscribed to and could see myself ending up with more monthly fee’s than really necessary. On the other hand, I’m take full advantage of the low barrier to buying when it comes to breaking off bits of services that I deem ‘critical’…but what’s critical? Is SweetSpot or BizNik critical? Do I really need NetFlix, NYT Online, DirectTV or the rest? Perhaps not…I draw the line somewhere between personal and business by trying to keep personal stuff to a bare minimum and only subscribe to business stuff when I don’t like the alternative.
…hmph…i wonder…