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Substack replies are paid? Hmm. Thinking about this right now: annoying sure but why do you consider this pattern dark? I bet it reduces spam and trolling by o
by dcow 5y ago
Substack replies are paid? Hmm.
Thinking about this right now: annoying sure but why do you consider this pattern dark? I bet it reduces spam and trolling by orders of magnitude unlike say confusing cookie dialogs designed to make you surrender all your private info.
- DantesKite 5y agoSeems like it would lead to marginally better discussions too. Or at least, very very heated ones.
- ManuelKiessling 5y agoThe dark pattern is that you don’t know it beforehand, not the paywall itself.
- littlestymaar 5y agoYou know before typing your comment though. The real dark pattern would be if it had let you type and then ask for money to submit your comment.
- arc-in-space 5y agoYou do have to start typing before it informs you, which means you already had a reply in mind. I agree that's pretty bad.