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Going live with the reading meter: what changed in v1.1.0
From v1.0.0 (2026-10-10, bf3701ab9) to v1.1.0 (2026-10-10, 2d49ab1d8), paragraph by paragraph.
1 paragraph added, 0 removed, 1 changed in place, 59 unchanged. About 68 words added and 0 removed. Insertions are marked like this, deletions like this; unchanged runs are folded to one line; figures appear as their file names.
21 unchanged paragraphs, under In short, What changes today, Why below zero, and why no nagging
The hypothesis is that a reader who can see an honest running total, and who is never shamed for it, is more willing to settle it than one who is counted and asked. More so as the site gives something back for the history: curation, picks, and in time a front page that is entirely personal to the reader, computed in their browser from what they read and what they declined. The first version of that front page is live the same day: your newsroom, one per persona, and why personas are what a reader would pay to keep is in pay to keep your persona.
26 unchanged paragraphs, under Why by depth, Why "don't charge me" is the most useful button, The price is the hypothesis…
*Added the same day, before any payment:* two more hypotheses, H6 and H7, about what readers would pay for beyond reading, are in pay to keep your persona. The five above are unchanged.
12 unchanged paragraphs, under What would make us change course, Who could cheat, and why we let them, Try it