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PG has written about the folly of paywalls, so it could simply be a stand against that. HN should not be a place where marketers go to get their clickbait stor
by grandalf 10y ago
PG has written about the folly of paywalls, so it could simply be a stand against that. HN should not be a place where marketers go to get their clickbait stories viral "clicks" and "impressions".
- chrisseaton 10y agoI'd rather HN was the kind of place that didn't take a stand against anything. It's a community utility and it would be a shame if it was abused to make points for issues which to be honest I think are at the student-politics level of petty things to be worked up about. I'm not being facetious when I say if you don't like them don't post them or read them. Please don't try and stop me reading or posting them just because you don't like them. Of course if the HN people themselves have a strong opinion on it they're entitled to do what they want with the site, but as the admins have said, they don't have that strong opinion.
- grandalf 10y ago> I'd rather HN was the kind of place that didn't take a stand against anything. So would I. But it takes a stand against political discussion and against changing bad titles in submissions, so I think taking one against paywalls would at least be a beneficial stand to take.
- chrisseaton 10y agoOk, well nice debating with you but I don't think we'll agree on this topic so I won't keep bothering you.
- grandalf 10y agoNo worries, I don't feel all that strongly about it, I do think it would be helpful to use the power of HN to encourage the NYT and others to offer free access to stories linked directly from HN.