Ask HN: Which blogs/newsletters would you be willing to pay $5/month for? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Which blogs/newsletters would you be willing to pay $5/month for?

#11

Post by thisisit » Sat, Mar 03, 2018, 3:22 PM UTC

> Interested to see who else out there has loyal readerships willing to pay them!

So, shouldn't the more apt question be - Which blogs/newsletter you are paying $x/month for?

#12

Post by CraneWorm » Sat, Mar 03, 2018, 3:23 PM UTC

None

#13

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Mar 03, 2018, 3:24 PM UTC

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#14

Post by bArray » Sat, Mar 03, 2018, 3:27 PM UTC

piracykills wrote: post #7

Is it bad if I'd say absolutely none? If any I read started charging I'd find similar content somewhere else.

I agree, something feels impure about paying for knowledge, we should be pushing back on any kind of pay wall.

That said, I'm really not sure what system should be put in place to pay for quality content.

#15

Post by brador » Sat, Mar 03, 2018, 3:27 PM UTC

kevmo wrote: post #6

I would pay $5/month for Hacker News, Drudge Report, and reddit.com/r/all.

Well, https://skimfeed.com is free. Get yourself something nice with that $5 :)

#16

Post by tootie » Sat, Mar 03, 2018, 3:31 PM UTC

kevmo wrote: post #6

I would pay $5/month for Hacker News, Drudge Report, and reddit.com/r/all.

Haven't seen anyone talk about Drudge in 7 or 8 years. I see he's still doing the 48pt headlines and the thoroughly biased journalism.

#17

Post by andr » Sat, Mar 03, 2018, 3:32 PM UTC

Kottke.org. The best digest of the culture side of the Internet.

#18

Post by wchandler » Sat, Mar 03, 2018, 3:33 PM UTC

I will be very reluctant to pay a monthly fee for any website.

#19

Post by nemo1618 » Sat, Mar 03, 2018, 3:34 PM UTC

I would gladly pay $10/month to read Slate Star Codex. Heck, I'd pay $10/month just to have access to its archived posts.

I'd pay $5 for ranprieur.com. Not a ton of content, but he keeps me thinking about interesting questions.

I don't follow Gwern actively but I'd probably pay to have access to his site too.

#20

Post by digitalni » Sat, Mar 03, 2018, 3:36 PM UTC

How do you know that "a lot of people" are paying to read stratechery.com? Any sources to back this claim?