> if the WSJ is consistently providing high quality content, why not pay for it? That's a different question. What value does HN provide if a story is behind a

> if the WSJ is consistently providing high quality content, why not pay for it? That's a different question. What value does HN provide if a story is behind a paywall? You end up with a bunch of discussion mostly by people that haven't read the story. In that case HN is nothing more than a forum for random discussion. If that's considered okay, HN won't be around for long...