I'll paywall slightly more articles going forward because revenue is the only metric I can rely on to measure the blog's real influence, unlike vanity metrics like views and likes.

Lambert says he'll paywall more articles because he considers revenue the only trustworthy signal of the blog's influence, dismissing views and likes as vanity metrics. ✦ AI generated

Nathan Lambert · Interconnects · 2026-06-17 · original ↗

I want to keep experimenting with what is the right way to do this, but the only metric I can rely on for increasing influence of the blog is revenue. Views, likes, etc. are all vanity metrics which don’t reliably measure this type of content.

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