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I like the substack model, in order to comment you must be subscribed to the newsletter (say $5 per month), while others can read the article and comments.
by iorrus 6y ago
I like the substack model, in order to comment you must be subscribed to the newsletter (say $5 per month), while others can read the article and comments.
- _0o6v 6y agoUnfortunately a lot of people are quite happy to pay to post absolute nonsense online, because it's their only outlet and makes them feel validated.
- dylan604 6y agoI don't know if that's the best method though. If some PAC decided it was going to pay for the subscriptions of its members as a campaign, then that subscription model isn't really a big barrier.
- rfw300 6y agoI’d imagine that’s substantially less common than your everyday racist spambots in news comment sections. I doubt the amount of influence you can gain from astroturfing a news comments section is worth the cost of dozens of newspaper subscriptions.
- dylan604 6y agoBut are the owners of spambots going to pay subscription fees for their bots?
- nxpnsv 6y agoAnd most news papers already have a login for paid subscribers. Seems like a nobrainer. Certainly will attract less bot spam if you need to be a paid subscriber.