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> "Create an account to read the full story." Why is this required?
by throwaway2037 2y ago
> "Create an account to read the full story."
Why is this required?
- wetpaws 2y ago[dead]
- klysm 2y agoMoney
- throwaway92t2 2y agoThey are also misleading the users with that message. I signed up, but now I got a message that I have to upgrade to a paid account... If they had told me that from the start, I would not bother with creating an account at all. The message implies that a free account would be enough
- suzzer99 2y agoYeah that's a BS dark pattern that drops my opinion of the site to zero.
- zigman1 2y agoEnjoy all the mail that you will receive now
- dspillett 2y agoThis is why I always sign-up for something first time with fake data and a throw-away email address (I have a catch-all sub-domian, that is no longer off my main domain, for that). If it turns out the site is something I might care to return to I might then sign up with real details, or edit the initial account, if not then the email address given to them gets forwarded to /dev/null for when the inevitable spam starts arriving. I'm thinking of seeing if the wildcarding/catchall can be applied at the subdomain level, so I can fully null-route dead addresses in DNS and not even have connection attempts related to the spam.
- spiderfarmer 2y agoIt's awkward to write that on this platform, but: venture capital.
- 0xEF 2y agoMedium likes to sell data.