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there are still timestamps available for warnings on those same triggers for those same properties. just bc there's a paywall on something doesn't mean other comments and timestamps can't be posted or read for free on that property or that trigger.

see here:

i don't have an account and haven't paid for anything on the site, so all of those comments are what i'm seeing for free.

i had to search and search to find anything that had paywalls, and had to resort to looking at The Substance, as referenced here. i've been using the site regularly since the op posted and have never organically encountered a paywall on anything, including on very popular properties.

i don't see any reason to stop using the site--everything is still available for free. they just have added another way for some ppl to choose to pay some $ (in addition to ads), since this is a completely free service, and no website is free to maintain.

He thanked me for my feedback when I expressed confusion and concern about the paywalled comments being mixed in with the free comments, and has since updated the site to make them clearly distinct, along with a preview of what the paid comments look like:

Sick this is the genre I know the most about. If I don't control myself I will write like a 3 page long recommendation list so I'll just condense it down to some of what I think are the key songs that I feel like anyone who is into rap or wants to get into rap needs to listen to:

Rock Box - Run-D.M.C. (1983; New York*)

Paid in Full - Eric B. & Rakim (1987; New York)

Straight Outta Compton - NWA (1989; California)

Brenda's Got a Baby - 2Pac (1991; California)

Mind Playin' Tricks on Me - Geto Boys (1991; Texas)

187 He Wrote - Spice-1 (1993; California)

It Ain't Hard to Tell - Nas (1994; New York)

Mass Appeal - Gang Starr (1994; New York)

Now I'm Hi Pt. 3 - Three 6 Mafia (1994; Tennessee)

Regulate - Warren G ft Nate Dogg (1994; California)

Shook Ones Pt. II - Mobb Deep (1995; New York)

Geto Highlites - Coolio (1995; California)

Fu-Gee-La - The Fugees (1996; New York)

Black Nostaljack AKA Come On - Camp Lo (1997; New York)

Kaap van storms - Brasse Vannie Kaap (1997; South Africa)

Ha - Juvenile (1998; Louisiana)

13th Floor/Growing Old - Outkast (Georgia)

Nobody But Me - 8Ball & MJG (1999; Tennessee)

Le cul entre 2 chaises - Bisso na Bisso (1999; France)

Propaganda - Dead Prez (2000; New York)

Soulja Life Mentality - Soulja Slim (2001; Louisiana)

A Crumb 2 A Brick - La Chat (2001; Tennessee)

Rapp Snitch Knishes - MF DOOM ft Mr. Fantastik (2004; New York)

So Much - Z-Ro (2004; Texas)

Hoes - Lil Wayne (2004; Louisiana)

GO! - Common (2005; Illinois)

Jozi City Lights - Morafe (2005; South Africa)

Void in My Life - Chamillionaire (2005; Texas)

Stay Fly - Three 6 Mafia ft. 8ball & MJG, Young Buck (2005; Tennessee)

Pride and Prejudice - Madcon ft Sofian (2007; Norway)

XR2 - M.I.A.

Thank You Note - HHP (2009; South Africa)

Who Really Cares - Lowkey (2009; UK)

m.A.A.d City - Kendrick Lamar (2012; California)

Slide - Doechii (2025; California)

GYAG (Get Yourself A Gun) - Bob Vylan (2025; UK)

I'm gonna quit before this list gets too long but there's a tonne of songs that I'd love to recommend but aren't on here.