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by 628C6l0 2913 days ago
I couldn't be more thankful that they finally had an effective paywall. Increasingly their content falls in the "guilty pleasure reading" territory for me - entertaining, addictive but not ultimately nourishing. (Now if only Reddit would go subscription only!) I also doubt the sincerity of much of the writing and wonder about the extent to which it's shaped by considerations along the lines of "let's deliberately state this point just a little less defensibly to make it more likely that the readers get worked up enough to respond".