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An LWN reader survey

An LWN reader survey

Posted Feb 1, 2007 7:49 UTC (Thu) by spaetz (subscriber, #32870)
In reply to: An LWN reader survey by NCunningham
Parent article: An LWN reader survey

same here, I would have like to mark "One Year" until I notice that you actually meant "subscriber only embargo time period"


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An LWN reader survey

Posted Feb 1, 2007 8:12 UTC (Thu) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]

with the ability for subscribers to send links to others I think it's reasonable to consider extending the blackout period

Sending links ...

Posted Feb 1, 2007 22:28 UTC (Thu) by kmself (subscriber, #11565) [Link]

... is that still available? I've looked for the feature a few times recently and failed to find it. Should be a good advertising technique, I'd think.

Sending links ...

Posted Feb 1, 2007 22:39 UTC (Thu) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link]

The "send a link" feature is still available. There is some information in the FAQ on how to use it.

Sending links ...

Posted Feb 5, 2007 19:30 UTC (Mon) by gerv (subscriber, #3376) [Link]

Yes, I always find it hard to track down as well. Something else which could do with being more prominent.

An LWN reader survey

Posted Feb 1, 2007 8:53 UTC (Thu) by aschwinm (subscriber, #33817) [Link]

I was also going to go for one year, maybe the question could have been more clear.

Beste regards

Aschwin Marsman
www.marsman.org

An LWN reader survey

Posted Feb 1, 2007 13:51 UTC (Thu) by lysse (guest, #3190) [Link]

On that particular question, I'm very happy with being able to specify a number of months for which to subscribe; but I'd have preferred to be able to specify a few more months than 19 in one go! Up to 36 seems reasonable.

As for how long articles should be subscriber-only - I don't know; having them delayed by a week was incentive enough for me, and I don't think just lengthening the embargo will necessarily encourage any more people to subscribe... in fact, perhaps it's already had a cost.

An LWN reader survey

Posted Feb 1, 2007 15:25 UTC (Thu) by grouch (guest, #27289) [Link]

As for how long articles should be subscriber-only - I don't know; having them delayed by a week was incentive enough for me, and I don't think just lengthening the embargo will necessarily encourage any more people to subscribe... in fact, perhaps it's already had a cost.

Same here -- I couldn't wait a week.

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