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The other half of that though: should this site allow links that require payment to view?

• maxerickson 10y ago
  Yes. It's super easy to ignore an article/discussion, even without the "hide" button that completely disappears it from the front page.
  • derekp7 10y ago
    Problem is, the topic itself may be worthy of discussion -- but then you limit the people involved in the discussion (who have read the article) only to those who have a subscription to that given site. What would be more useful is, where possible, post a non-paywall link, to maximize the number of potential participants in the discussion. An alternative in cases where the paywall link is the primary source, is to post a summary in a comment. But then you risk having the editorial slant of the summary be tilted towards whoever wrote up the summary.
    • maxerickson 10y ago
      I think it's maybe a little optimistic to assume that only people that read an article will brave a comment. And even so, is it that big a problem if subscribers to some publication are the ones that can make an interesting comment about an article? Where's the downside to hosting that discussion?
      • Dylan16807 10y ago
        An article has to be pretty special in quality for that level of exclusion to be worth using it instead of a similar article elsewhere.