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How many people on HN have decided to pay the Nautilus subscription?

throwaway284534 9y ago
I can sympathize. This article has been on the front page for hours and only has 50 points. Doesn't anyone else find this suspicious? Every single time a Nautilus article is submitted it seems to hang around for hours. Can @dang weigh in here?
- natdempk 9y ago
  I think Nautilus articles do well, but never well enough to induce the activity penalty that the really popular stuff on HN gets hit with. They also tend to generate a number of comments over time, but not so many that they trigger the excessive discussion parameters that kick things off the front page. I would also assume that they basically never get flagged as the articles are generally not controversial.
- onion2k 9y ago
  Doesn't anyone else find this suspicious? No. 50 points is more than enough to keep something on the front page for a day. It happens with lots of links. Nautilus (and The Atlantic, and a few others) are more visible on HN because they publish the sort of content HN readers submit every month without hiding it behind a paywall.
tbatchelli 9y ago
At least one, myself. It's beautiful in actual print and I feel much smarter when I read it. In my case it jolts me out of the tech-tunnel-vision and the mix of sciences and humanities I find it refreshing. I kick myself for not reading it more often.
- ericd 9y ago
  I second this, they have a very, very good print designer, and they splurge for nice paper. That's all paired with good writing on interesting topics. It feels like luxurious reading. It may be too nice to survive, though.
askafriend 9y ago
I just bought one. Loving the content so far. Totally worth the price to help them stay independent and pay the bills (they're a nonprofit). It's super easy to buy one too and it feels like an honest business. For example, the print version includes Online/Kindle/iPad and the price is extremely fair for a year subscription. They don't even require a subscription for you to read - they don't paywall much of their content.
azeirah 9y ago
I bought one a few months ago, when the article about Nautilus experiencing problems was posted here. Got two physical copies in the mail last week. It took quite a while ... two months? Guess they're not very fast with delivering to Europe
nsporillo 9y ago
I just bought a year print subscription for $39.

I can sympathize. This article has been on the front page for hours and only has 50 points. Doesn't anyone else find this suspicious? Every single time a Nautilus article is submitted it seems to hang around for hours. Can @dang weigh in here?

natdempk 9y ago
I think Nautilus articles do well, but never well enough to induce the activity penalty that the really popular stuff on HN gets hit with. They also tend to generate a number of comments over time, but not so many that they trigger the excessive discussion parameters that kick things off the front page. I would also assume that they basically never get flagged as the articles are generally not controversial.
onion2k 9y ago
Doesn't anyone else find this suspicious? No. 50 points is more than enough to keep something on the front page for a day. It happens with lots of links. Nautilus (and The Atlantic, and a few others) are more visible on HN because they publish the sort of content HN readers submit every month without hiding it behind a paywall.

tbatchelli 9y ago

At least one, myself. It's beautiful in actual print and I feel much smarter when I read it. In my case it jolts me out of the tech-tunnel-vision and the mix of sciences and humanities I find it refreshing. I kick myself for not reading it more often.

ericd 9y ago
I second this, they have a very, very good print designer, and they splurge for nice paper. That's all paired with good writing on interesting topics. It feels like luxurious reading. It may be too nice to survive, though.

askafriend 9y ago

I just bought one. Loving the content so far. Totally worth the price to help them stay independent and pay the bills (they're a nonprofit). It's super easy to buy one too and it feels like an honest business. For example, the print version includes Online/Kindle/iPad and the price is extremely fair for a year subscription. They don't even require a subscription for you to read - they don't paywall much of their content.

azeirah 9y ago

I bought one a few months ago, when the article about Nautilus experiencing problems was posted here. Got two physical copies in the mail last week. It took quite a while ... two months? Guess they're not very fast with delivering to Europe

nsporillo 9y ago

I just bought a year print subscription for $39.