想評論一下平板電腦雜誌網站上的一篇報道嗎？你得付錢。猶太人的“每日猶太新聞，思想和文化線上雜誌”正在測試一種新的貨幣化方法，就像現代的放縱：要留下評論，你必須選擇並支付一個費率：每天2美元，每月18美元，或每年180美元。

這是成年禮！

平板電腦主編阿蘭娜·紐豪斯（Alana Newhouse）寫道：“網際網路儘管有著種種奇跡，但它對文明和建設性的討論提出了挑戰，有時甚至允許具有破壞性的（通常是匿名的）個人用謾罵（甚至更糟）來拖垮它。與其完全關閉評論（正如一些媒體開始做的那樣），我們還將嘗試其他方法：讓你們中那些想在網站上發表評論的人支付一筆象徵性的費用——與其說是支付牆，還不如說是表明自己對偉大對話事業的承諾。”

紐豪斯指出，那些不願意支付費用的人仍然可以透過其眾多社交網路渠道在網站上發表評論，或者直接透過電子郵件與網站聯絡。回溯到紙質雜誌，其中一小部分信件將每週在給編輯部的信中發表。

出於對價格選擇的好奇，我透過Gchat聯絡了我的妻子，尋求解釋：

WHAT! THAT IS AMAZING! you know why it's $18 and $180 right 18 = chai in Hebrew each letter in the hebrew alphabet has a numerical value. chet is 8 and yud is 10, those are the two letters that spell "chai" and they add up to 18 chai means life so it's a mitzvah to give money in increments of 18 or that has 18 involved on bar/bat mitzvahs most gifts are like $36 or some such b/c that's double chai i LOVE this. they're basically making you pay to be an asshole

當然，有一種觀點認為，收取評論費是一種古典主義，而在一個網站上留下反饋的小特權每天2美元，只邀請那些有錢的人參與網站上的對話。但這隻是一個更大範圍的對話的一部分，這個對話涉及到人們認為的在私有網站上自由發表評論的權利。不管怎樣，現在在一個平板電腦的底部，讀者會發現關於評論政策的解釋：

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Verge的評論仍然是自由的。請隨意在下麵使用它們。