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Substack's "let me read it first" is just a way to close the subscription popup, it has nothing to do with reading otherwise paywalled content. The thing is, h
by keiferski 2y ago
Substack's "let me read it first" is just a way to close the subscription popup, it has nothing to do with reading otherwise paywalled content.
The thing is, having had some of my own content "go viral" before - it's not worth much. Most people will read it for a minute and move on. A tiny percentage will subscribe and an even tinier percentage will give you any money. So from the point of view of a creator, it makes a ton of sense to put up paywalls on things – but only once you've already gotten a bit of an audience and distribution method figured out.
- pot4shhash 2y ago> Substack's "let me read it first" is just a way to close the subscription popup, it has nothing to do with reading otherwise paywalled content. It has everything to do with telegraphed intention of not having content be gratis. The fact that you cannot even mentally keep the idea of subscription gates in the same bucket as paywalls says a lot.
- keiferski 2y agoNo, not really. It's mostly just a typical CTA for getting email subscribers. Plenty of completely free newsletters have popups like that. PS: using a new green account to make snarky put-downs isn't welcome on HN. Make a point or don't make it, but do it without those.