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August 7, 2024 5:40 pm

I got my first Hot Sheet today. Read it too.

Subject:  The WUWT Hot Sheet #2
From:  “WUWT Publishing” <newsletter…
Date:  Wed, August 7, 2024 12:47 pm
To:  “Ric Werme” <ric…

I didn’t sign up right away, I wanted to see if the ads were so bad I might not want to share WUWT’s posts. 🙂

Reply to  Ric Werme
August 8, 2024 4:15 am

The ads aren’t so bad. I mentally block them out and don’t see them. I can’t afford to elevate membership- living on a small social insecurity check. I’m probably the lowest income of anyone active here.

Reply to  Joseph Zorzin
August 10, 2024 7:52 am

Maybe.

Reply to  ATheoK
August 10, 2024 8:30 am

But even if I can’t afford to contribute, I do thank Anthony Watts and his colleagues and the editors and those who post essays for having this site.

Scarecrow Repair
August 7, 2024 5:50 pm

If I were not retired, I might well have signed up at a higher level just to support you, without any intention of ever joining video meetups or other special features.

Reply to  Charles Rotter
August 7, 2024 7:02 pm

Actually, I’m just supporting you. I’m doing other things at various times.

Reply to  Charles Rotter
August 7, 2024 8:41 pm

Great! I love this site.

insufficientlysensitive
August 7, 2024 8:20 pm

Trying to remember all the passwords these endless accounts require is getting harder as birthday #80 recedes into the past.

Scarecrow Repair
Reply to  insufficientlysensitive
August 7, 2024 9:04 pm

I’ve been keeping all mine in a single encrypted file. There are commercial password keepers, but I started mine before they were a real thing.

August 7, 2024 9:24 pm

Just a thought: Should there be a “subscribe” button so newcomers can join in? I may have missed it

Jeff Alberts
Reply to  Charles Rotter
August 8, 2024 11:19 am

I’m already paying $66 a year, yet I can’t see the premium content. How much more do I have to pay?

Rich Davis
Reply to  Jeff Alberts
August 8, 2024 2:10 pm

How much more? It looks like $113.88

You understand that the premium content is a nominal incentive to shoulder more of the cost of running this site?

Having a no-ads tier allows more of us to provide support than would be the case if $14.99/month were the only option.

Don’t be such an ingrate! I’m sure there are others making far more generous contributions.

Jeff Alberts
Reply to  Rich Davis
August 9, 2024 10:25 am

Ingrate?? If I were an ingrate I wouldn’t pay at all. Don’t be such an ass.

I’ve supported this site for going on 20 years. You?

Rich Davis
Reply to  Jeff Alberts
August 9, 2024 12:42 pm

I’m also on the ad-free tier Jeff. But I am not whining about not getting enough for my money.

Those who can’t afford to pay but help generate some ad revenue however meager are not ingrates. Those who feel entitled to demand more are the ingrates. I stand by that statement. But sure, I can be an ass. Especially toward whiny, entitled pedants.

Jeff Alberts
Reply to  Rich Davis
August 9, 2024 8:47 pm

Where exactly did I demand anything?

August 8, 2024 11:33 am

I got a few emails not long ago from WUWT Publishing and added the address to my filter to put it in the same folder as the other WUWT stuff – but I have not received any more since.