LooseSuits

I feel dumber for watching that.

Don't taze me bro!

Amusing but I wonder what niche they were trying to appeal to?

Awesome.

They're probably trying to appeal to the "niche" that viewed the Chris Crocker video 13 million times, the Miss South Carolina video 19 million times, or the millions of people who have seen, heard, or are familiar with the tazing video. I'd say that AOL is gunning for people who spend time surfing the internet.

Yes Mike, I realize that but there is a problem with that theory. Most of the people either:

1) Used AOL and wouldn't use it again.
2) Got burnt by AOL and wouldn't use it again.
3) Heard about AOL being a joke, and wouldn't use it.
4) They are surfing the net just fine without AOL and, if they went there, would see it's a joke and leave.

Which is probably why AOL is failing. It's a cute video (I found it funny) but will it draw people to their services and once they get their IF they get them there, will they continue to use their services?

Well Tyme their new platform is content, and it's a commercial for AOL News, not AOL dialup.

1) Used AOL and wouldn't use it again.
2) Got burnt by AOL and wouldn't use it again.
3) Heard about AOL being a joke, and wouldn't use it.
4) They are surfing the net just fine without AOL and, if they went there, would see it's a joke and leave.

My dad's print shop is within sight of the AOL headquarters and I remember the days when I could SEE the building. I could practically run a phone cord to AOL but I could not get a connection from his building for the life of me.

That, is when I really, really stopped using AOL. :)

I used AOL when it still came on a floppy, (hell we got the beta of 1.0 in the mail when we ran a BBS). Talk about GHETTO.

I can't STAND AOL and I've used it a LOT.

@Mike: They've always done commercial news and always had content. It was wrapped inside AOL and they made their advertising revenue from it. This is nothing new.