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I love LWN's content. It includes soooo much detailed technical coverage on many interesting conferences. It's a great way to stay vaguely aware of what's happe
by rtpg 9y ago
I love LWN's content. It includes soooo much detailed technical coverage on many interesting conferences. It's a great way to stay vaguely aware of what's happening in various subindustries.
It's extremely frustrating how many steps it takes to subscribe.
There are so many places to drop out of the signup process (especially when you don't already have an account).
The first time I meant to subscribe, I got distracted by something halfway through and ended up not subscribing for 3 months.
After clicking the call to action , it should basically immediately present a "sign up and subscribe" form, complete with credit card collection.
It would be a massive shame to be at the limit of sustainability because of something like this
- js2 9y agoYour comment motivated me to sign up and subscribe. I didn't find it much different from subscribing to other publications: create an account, login, choose subscription level, pay.
- craftyguy 9y agoSame here. Maybe they are looking for something like Amazon's 'one click checkout?'
- rtpg 9y agoMany places unify this flow to prevent people dropping out halfway through Even the link in the header to subscribe leads to a wall of text where you have to hunt for the right link. The first link several paragraphs in is for group subscriptions?? Why? My bet is that the people landing on have mostly decided to subscribe, or are interested in more details about the cost. Yet 90% of the page is still about convincing me about the merits. I was already convinced by the single paragraph header on the article! The page presented is useful for those coming from an FAQ or something, but not well suited for the person coming from that header. It might sound super nitpicky but there's huge amounts of behavioral science about the benefits of simplifying these kinds of flows. Saying it doesn't matter is going against a lot of documented evidence to the contrary.
- js2 9y agoI believe you. I was just stating it's no worse than other subscriptions (New Yorker, NYT, Economist) I've purchased. That I recall anyway.