Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
Why is paragraph giving up on membership and token-gating? Is there some background to all these changes?
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Reid DeRamus
@reidtandy
It was definitely a tough call. We decided to deprecate paid subscriptions / memberships and gating (for now) to simplify the product and focus on collecting & other forms of monetization where we can drive differentiation. We tried to make paid subscriptions & token-gating work over the past few years, but these features didn't gain much traction. They required significant ongoing maintenance & it was unlikely we'd be able to meet or exceed paid subscription functionality on other publishing platforms (Ghost, Beehiiv, Substack, etc.). We're still big fans of recurring payments, so could certainly see us reintroducing these features in the future.
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