Subscrive Drive '25 + Free Unlocked Posts
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Summary
The 2025 annual subscription-drive admin post: the paid-subscriber history/attrition, the Razib-Khan anecdote, a catalog of last year's subscriber-only posts (two un-paywalled), and the deal-with-the-Devil 'remember to unsubscribe, Muahahaha' gag. A near-twin of the 2024 drive (ACX-546).
Why this score
Quality 40 · Solid. Solid floor: admin subscription-drive with a bit of substance (attrition + post catalog); scored identically to its sibling ACX-546=40.
Claude’s paradigm shift 18 · None. Slight/None: routine admin.
Real-world impact 1 · Negligible. Blog-admin post; negligible effect. =1.