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Have you learned nothing from paywalled articles and blogs from 2002? You get them interested in what you have to say. Make them laugh. Compliment them. Put in a little work first.
By then you'll both be so into it that nicely asking for what you want to do is a mere (but neccessary) formality (consent is always required -- Ed.).
Then after a few paragraphs you whip out the unskippable popup and stop the fun until they show you the goods, and they'll give up that fake email address you want so bad willingly.
You don't go right for it right out of the gate and shoot your wad immediately. It's a good way to make sure no wants to check you out again. It's just bad form. People talk.
Furiously taking notes.... Not really though, while substack has some annoying behavior, setting a paywall is up the the writer. I turned it off.