Free article limit?

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First time since joining seeking alpha I’m Receiving a free article limit message for about a week now.Didn’t receive any email or notice about a change on the site and not sure if others are experiencing same issue or if it’s a glitch I’m experiencing.  If there is a new article limit how many is it and how/when does it reset? 

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SA Admin Shubham Shresth
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Hi there,

Thanks for reaching out!

In order to continue providing our users with outstanding financial analysis and news, we changed our Paywall policy in January 2021.

You can read more about this change here: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4396836-important-update-for-seeking-alpha-users

The good news is that you can still access any article on any stock, even without a paid subscription, though there is a monthly limit to how much you can read.

This limit is dynamic to the individual member, based on the device they use, the traffic source, and a number of other parameters. It resets itself every 28 days
.

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

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Pigeye
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It is NOT resetting every 28 days. I have been waiting for the reset for 60 days! How am I supposed to decide which services are worth following if I cannot read and evaluate? Many of these authors are worthless, which happens, but I have to be able to test them. 



The last article I was able to read was on October 18. I tried to read an article yesterday but it’s still not available. I’ve really cut back (went to Yahoo Finance), but was surprised there wasn’t a reset.

I also opted to eliminate all emails and I still receive many throughout the day.  I also receive more notifications via my smartwatch than I did before. Strange business model.

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Unable to view articles.. hit limit message …


to say..

This limit is dynamic to the individual member, based on the device they use, the traffic source, and a number of other parameters. It resets itself every 28 days.

this is too vague for me … 


not worth effort … I’ll find a new site .. it’s too bad 

It is NOT resetting every 28 days. I have been waiting for the reset for 60 days! How am I supposed to decide which services are worth following if I cannot read and evaluate? Many of these authors are worthless, which happens, but I have to be able to test them. 



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FloydNY

the frustrating part is there seems to be now way to figure how when the 28 day period starts, nor how many arctiles you can read.  Seems like i've been locked out for more then 28 days.   The worst part is i see now way to contact anyone at seeking alpha to get answers.   oh well life moves on.....

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Not a good comment 👆

The client (reader) is the product, not the other way around. Without readers SA doesn’t have anything to monetize

Nope.  You are wrong.

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I am afraid that you don't get it, Seeking more alpha than you.  I was not passing judgement on SA's policy, I was observing that their policy didn't seem to match up with reality.  The "resetting" after 28 days doesn't happen, or at least, it hasn't happened for me.  I have no criticism of their model to monetize their product.  Monetizing an investment blog requires the blog to provide a free version, so that the reader can test drive the product.  If the reader concludes that it is worth paying for, then they can pay up for greater access.  As jusdabest6 points out, without new readers to convert, they don't have a business.  

On the contrary you are the one who doesn’t get it.

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shortybovine
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Either you are not understanding that is their website and they can do as they wish or you somehow feel entitled to read articles on their site for free.  So which is it?

I am afraid that you don't get it, Seeking more alpha than you.  I was not passing judgement on SA's policy, I was observing that their policy didn't seem to match up with reality.  The "resetting" after 28 days doesn't happen, or at least, it hasn't happened for me.  I have no criticism of their model to monetize their product.  Monetizing an investment blog requires the blog to provide a free version, so that the reader can test drive the product.  If the reader concludes that it is worth paying for, then they can pay up for greater access.  As jusdabest6 points out, without new readers to convert, they don't have a business.  

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jusdabest6
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Either you are not understanding that is their website and they can do as they wish or you somehow feel entitled to read articles on their site for free.  So which is it?

Not a good comment 👆

The client (reader) is the product, not the other way around. Without readers SA doesn’t have anything to monetize

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This is not the case. I have not read an article in over two months, and yet still get the "exceeded your limit" message. Either you are not being truthful, or your software isn't reflecting your policy. So which is it?

Either you are not understanding that is their website and they can do as they wish or you somehow feel entitled to read articles on their site for free.  So which is it?

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shortybovine
Quote from SA Admin Shubham Shresth

Hi there,

Thanks for reaching out!

In order to continue providing our users with outstanding financial analysis and news, we changed our Paywall policy in January 2021.

You can read more about this change here: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4396836-important-update-for-seeking-alpha-users

The good news is that you can still access any article on any stock, even without a paid subscription, though there is a monthly limit to how much you can read.

This limit is dynamic to the individual member, based on the device they use, the traffic source, and a number of other parameters. It resets itself every 28 days
.

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

This is not the case. I have not read an article in over two months, and yet still get the "exceeded your limit" message. Either you are not being truthful, or your software isn't reflecting your policy. So which is it?

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shortybovine
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You say that "This limit is dynamic to the individual member, based on the device they use, the traffic source, and a number of other parameters. It resets itself every 28 days."   How is a user supposed to know how many articles they have read, how many articles remain before they reach the limit, and how many days remain before the limit resets?  There seems no way for a user to manage how many articles they read.

This is not the case.  I have not read an article in over two months, and yet still get the "exceeded your limit" message.  Either you are not being truthful, or your software isn't reflecting your policy.  So which is it?