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Can someone on HN explain why some links to medium try to make me setup an account to read while others go to a clean well designed blog style post, the way the
by crmrc114 6y ago
Can someone on HN explain why some links to medium try to make me setup an account to read while others go to a clean well designed blog style post, the way they should.
Is this a setting based on popularity of the article? who is posting?
- crazygringo 6y agoI think it's based on how often you visit Medium. If it's your first time visiting in a ~month, you just see the article. If it's your ~third time, they ask for an account. Just open the URL in an incognito window when you get that -- it's what I do.
- recursivecaveat 6y agoSome medium articles are 'medium exclusive' (I don't remember the exact term). In theory, only people paying for a medium membership can view them, but in return they get a little more juice in medium's internal advertising. Many people inadvertently choose this setting because of some dark patterns around the publishing interface. Everyone gets a couple views of the members-only articles a month free, functionally infinite if you use incognito mode. I think there's also a random pop-up to harass you into using the app/an-account which is orthogonal.