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> ...there is only one primary metric that matters to me: loyal readers. I don't publish for the occasional visitor. Okay, good luck with that. I don't know ho
by microcolonel 6y ago
> ...there is only one primary metric that matters to me: loyal readers. I don't publish for the occasional visitor.
Okay, good luck with that. I don't know how somebody becomes a “loyal reader” if they can't even read your website to begin with. Especially with how many of these subscription rags play outrageous frame games and use facts to tell lies and half truths, it's insulting enough without half the article disappearing when you scroll, or a modal prompt.
I usually just don't open links to sites that I know work like this.
- xorfish 6y agoThere is an easy solution for this problem. Everyone with the link can access the article. Everyone who subscribes can access the links for the articles and share them.
- cableshaft 6y agoIt's an interesting idea, but seems easily gamed. One person subscribes, and posts all the links to other link sites (like Reddit, HackerNews). Maybe there's a /r/xNewspaper that anyone can go to that posts links to every article from that newspaper.
- golemotron 6y agoYou need to build the loss into the model (or not even see it as loss). Many streaming services don't seem to mind when you share your username and password with another household. It doesn't happen often enough for them to care. How much money you would make if everyone did the right thing is a number that is not as real as the actual amount of money you make. Seeing things that way seems important.