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Huh, LWN has moved to (sometimes) requiring a click to proceed past the subscription pitch to the actual article. I feel like this may have an inverse effect (i
by LoganDark 5mo ago
Huh, LWN has moved to (sometimes) requiring a click to proceed past the subscription pitch to the actual article. I feel like this may have an inverse effect (insistent begging to the point of inserting additional obstacles = angry/insulted users that are less likely to pay).
- corbet 5mo agoIt's an experiment. Compared to the text-obscuring popovers that are prevalent elsewhere on the net, it seems pretty low-key; as far as I know, this is the first complaint I've seen. I don't know if we will continue experimenting with those or not...better ideas for getting people to subscribe to the site would be more than welcome.