What the free article limit?
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yeah, I used to get at least 3 articles and now only one. I don’t even know when it resets
I liked reading the articles until somehow arriving at my free article limit. I have no idea what the limit is, and where it's explained in advance when subscribing. I won't be held hostage paying a premium fee. It's not worth it.
Dramatic much? Nobody is holding you hostage. Either pay and get to read or don’t pay and don’t read.
Hi,
Thanks for reaching out!
Unfortunately, we do not have any static number to give you as it is dynamic as per your usage.
We do notify the member of when they are close to reaching their limit and when they have reached their limit with the following banners:
If you want to keep reading past the limit, you can just go ahead and start your free two-week trial of Seeking Alpha Premium - no commitment required.
Premium, apart from providing you unlimited access to analysis articles also provides you with many other powerful tools that can help you with your investing. You can get an overview of the service here.
Hope this helps! Feel free to reach out in case further assistance is required.
Regards,
Shubham Shresth
Data QA Analyst, Seeking Alpha
I liked reading the articles until somehow arriving at my free article limit. I have no idea what the limit is, and where it's explained in advance when subscribing. I won't be held hostage paying a premium fee. It's not worth it.
I registered yesterday and read one article on SA. Today I started to read another article and received a notification that I reached my limit. Does it mean that the free limit is one article or is it a temporary malfunction in SA system?
Same thing happened to me. One article a year?
I heard authors got compensated for follows and comments. Going to be a lot fewer of those going forward.
I registered yesterday and read one article on SA. Today I started to read another article and received a notification that I reached my limit. Does it mean that the free limit is one article or is it a temporary malfunction in SA system?
So long! This is my 2nd account. I used to read lots of articles/comments and post my own in the areas I was expert in. No more. Great community building!
what the heck???? it's like i'm locked out of SA. this is ridiculous. I thought some articles were premium and some were free. now it's saying i've reached a free article limit. I was never notified I was approaching said limit, and nobody told me how many articles I have for free. This is ridiculous. Who is going to pay for this crap?
Why would I $$$ pay for a service that arbitrarily changes the ground rules, applies arcane 'rules' without any notification(s), then further exacerbates the issue by claiming that your new guideline(s) are no guidelines at all, its an algorithm based upon some nefarious unknown scribbles on a yellow lined tablet in some dark, dank cubbyhole of an office in another part of the world. It is a shame, you had an opportunity to become a leader, rather than an also ran. We will see what happens when the authors continuously lose their subscriber base to their blog posts and comments become irrelevant. Perhaps some day, you will have your policies published so that people can make an educated decision to either pay for your service or not, to judge and not be judged, and not be subjected to whimsical 'updates' to unwritten and undefined 'paywall policies.'
Hi,
Thanks for reaching out!
Unfortunately, we do not have any static number to give you as it is dynamic as per your usage.
We do notify the member of when they are close to reaching their limit and when they have reached their limit with the following banners:
If you want to keep reading past the limit, you can just go ahead and start your free two-week trial of Seeking Alpha Premium - no commitment required.
Premium, apart from providing you unlimited access to analysis articles also provides you with many other powerful tools that can help you with your investing. You can get an overview of the service here.
Hope this helps! Feel free to reach out in case further assistance is required.
Regards,
Shubham Shresth
Data QA Analyst, Seeking Alpha