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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 17 Mar 2016

    When I hit a paywall, I don't think "Ooh, I should subscribe." I think "I should get back to work anyway."

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      1. Sean  🍕‏ @voidqk 17 Mar 2016
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        @paulg same for "Join Our Newsletter!" pop ups and any unskippable ads

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      1. ██████████████████████████████████████████████████‏ @p_____o_____q 18 Mar 2016
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        @paulg @K4sperle same thing for adblock aware websites that don't let you in unless you exception them

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      1. Chris Wage‏ @cwage 17 Mar 2016
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        @chenoehart @paulg i struggle with this because actually my response to "how will journalism survive" questions from journalists is

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      1. Gordon Shephard‏ @ghshephard 17 Mar 2016
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        @paulg I think, "if the content is reliably good, I'll pay for it" - what I won't do is open a malware vector.

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      1. Connor‏ @ConnorOS 17 Mar 2016
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        @paulg have you tried lightly slapping the paywall

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      1. Dan Osborne‏ @LaziestofDans 17 Mar 2016
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        @paulg @DanielleMorrill When I hit a paywall, I think "I really need to unfollow the person who led to me to this paywall."

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      1. Koedal, Inc.‏ @koedal 17 Mar 2016
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        @paulg @waynehartman same with a website that blocks ad blockers; I just leave.

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      1. Attila Szigeti‏ @aszig 17 Mar 2016
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        . @paulg so true! Also feels the same way when you run into an annoying anti-adblocker wall, for example on @Forbes.com They are dead to me

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      1. Jeff Thompson‏ @jwthomp 17 Mar 2016
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        @paulg Sounds like a product for companies. Insert paywalls on every public site employees try to access. Work or pay us! :)

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      2. Chris Wage‏ @cwage 17 Mar 2016
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        @chenoehart @paulg "charge for your shit -- if it's worth it, people will buy it"

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      1. Startup J. Fox‏ @startupjfox 14 Dec 2016
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        please mention this to @nytimes

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      1. Christie Dizzia‏ @ChristieDizzia 22 Mar 2016
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        @paulg @gilbert Me too.

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      1. Approaching Foxtober  🇪🇺‏ @patterfloof 18 Mar 2016
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        @paulg or "which of your competitors will also have this info"

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      1. Srinath Rajaram‏ @srinath_rajaram 17 Mar 2016
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        @paulg maybe an opportunity for someone to setup a paywall wallet that can make this easier. I see a cartelization coming.

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      1. Nick Brown‏ @nwbvt 17 Mar 2016
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        @paulg I think "let me try this in incognito mode"

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      1. Philipp‏ @eingemaischt 17 Mar 2016
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        @paulg or "I should try to replace the www with a m"

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      1. Queryly‏ @Queryly 17 Mar 2016
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        @paulg I do that too when I am shopping.

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      1. Steve Boyer  ✌🏼‏ @stevejboyer 17 Mar 2016
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        @paulg so true

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