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      "Each reader sets how many of a client's chat messages are free with them — 3 by default, and some readers set none and charge from the first message. The allowance belongs to one client-and-reader pair and never resets, and it is bounded across readers by a platform-wide ceiling on free messages, so what remains is the count shown in the client's own chat with that reader rather than an allowance renewed by each new reader.",
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      "No.",
      "Scepticism is fine and most readers prefer it to blind agreement — it produces sharper questions.",
      "You are not required to prove anything or perform belief.",
      "Readers differ enormously and fit matters more than credentials.",
      "That is why the first answer here is free; some new accounts require an initial balance deposit before sending."
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