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It obviously adds to the discussion: paid and non paid accounts are being conflated daily in threads like these!
They’re not the same tier account!
Free users, especially ones deemed less interesting to learn from for the future, are given table-scraps when they feel it’s necessary for load reasons.
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baobun • today at 1:24 AM
All user accounts are also customers. Some are paying with data and contributing to metrics going up.
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Exactly. There's an impedance mismatch between those using the free/cheap tiers and those paying a premium, so the discussion gets squirrely because one side is talking about apples and the other oranges.