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The quality of the discussion ends up a lot lower because most people don't read the article?
by sheepmullet 10y ago
The quality of the discussion ends up a lot lower because most people don't read the article?
- rm_-rf_slash 10y agoThis. It's bad enough when people comment after reading no more than the headline (guilty!) but it's much worse when most people are commenting without getting the full picture.
- jaredklewis 10y agoSeems the problem is then with user behavior, not the link. There is no rule that people have to comment on articles they can't read. Seems backwards to forbid interested people from linking to and discussing an article in earnest just to reduce posting from bullshitters.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> Seems the problem is then with user behavior, not the link Perhaps in a sense, but many things that are discouraged by the rules (including paywalled articles without effective workarounds) are discouraged because they are observed to contribute to undesirable user behavior to a degree that responsibility g tomthe individual undesirable behaviors reactively is an inadequate remedy.
- rm_-rf_slash 10y agoI never said anything should be forbidden, it's just a problem that happens from time to time that becomes somewhat larger when the subject of the discussion is largely inaccessible.
- jasonkostempski 10y agoThe discussion ends up focusing on if HN should allow paywall links.