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Re. the traffic source observations, they were clearly written this way to be controversial and thus generate more comments and more views from mentioned source
by Numberwang 11y ago
Re. the traffic source observations, they were clearly written this way to be controversial and thus generate more comments and more views from mentioned sources. Very clever I'd say.
- rtpg 11y agoSure but page views don't equal dollars. It's very frustrating, because this is being called an experiment in web publishing, but this post shows that he's either not trying to do the footwork in the "publishing" part of web publishing, or maybe he just lacks the knowledge to do so. Go to the "how to pay"[1] page and count how long it takes for you to figure out how to give the guy $5. _Then_ try to go through the checkout process (which asks me for a shipping address!). The ultimate irony is that that post says my time is expensive, yet does not make it take 10 seconds (Stripe Checkout form) to give him money. These 1:1000 numbers are being presented as if it's indicative of the state of the web publishing universe, but my guess is these numbers would be much better by spending some time on the "publishing" part of the job. And, unlike what the writer seems to imply with his whole mailing list digression, those changes can make the user experience better as well! I hope this doesn't become a reference point for people. [1]http://practicaltypography.com/how-to-pay-for-this-book.html http://practicaltypography.com/how-to-pay-for-this-book.html