[skybrian]

Did you know that a Substack's author can turn the annoying popup off? Go to dashboard -> settings, and then it's "Enable subscribe prompts on post page" under "Growth."

It's the first thing I did. Recommended.

[dangus]

We all know why they keep it on.

I’m just kind of surprised that it works to convert people.

Or…maybe it doesn’t?

Some of these things that we have are just common practices that owners of websites do that are seemingly done automatically without much thought to the experience.

[Gormo]

Still not enough to convince me to read Substack blogs with anything other than my RSS reader.

[dnnddidiej]

I sort of make an exception for that popup. I.e. I don't mind seeing it. It's the tax to get good free content.

Medium forcing you to log in is too much tho.

[SoftTalker]

I don't at all mind a link on the page that directs me to a subscription or notification signup.

If I get a popup, I'm pretty likely to just close the page, especially if I'm on mobile where closing them is more trouble.