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Sure it is. They allow the link to be shared nevertheless. https://lwn.net/op/FAQ.lwn#slinks https://lwn.net/op/FAQ.lwn#slinks Where is it appropriate to post

by jo909 9y ago

Sure it is. They allow the link to be shared nevertheless. https://lwn.net/op/FAQ.lwn#slinks https://lwn.net/op/FAQ.lwn#slinks Where is it appropriate to post a subscriber link? Almost anywhere. Private mail, messages to project mailing lists, and blog entries are all appropriate. As long as people do not use subscriber links as a way to defeat our attempts to gain subscribers, we are happy to see them shared.

LeifCarrotson 9y ago
And as this is a blog entry, I think it's a place where the author should have used the subscriber link. > As always, [lwn.net covers the technical details](https://lwn.net/Articles/744287/ https://lwn.net/Articles/744287/) about the latest state of the kernel patches to resolve the Spectre issues, so please go read that to find out that type of information. The non-subscriber link in the blog entry results in a paywall. I think LWN would prefer that Greg used a subscriber link in this case. You may be being downvoted because people think you're trying to post a paywall workaround, but I agree that this would have been an appropriate place to use a subscriber link.
- tytso 9y ago
  You can use a subscriber link, but Greg chose not to. Jon Corbet is a mutual friend, and LWN is essentially a two person shop (Jon and Jake do all of the work, and they are not getting rich off of what is essentially a labor of love). So if someone decides they want to use a somewhat more proactive way of encouraging people to subscribe to LWN, personally I think it's appropriate and its his choice. Just as someone who wants to post a subscriber link to Hacker News is also appropriate. (But you should seriously think about subscribing, even at the Starving Hacker level, if at all possible. I subscribe at the highest tier even though my company has a corporate subscription, Just Because.)

by jo909 9y ago

LeifCarrotson 9y ago

And as this is a blog entry, I think it's a place where the author should have used the subscriber link. > As always, [lwn.net covers the technical details](https://lwn.net/Articles/744287/ https://lwn.net/Articles/744287/) about the latest state of the kernel patches to resolve the Spectre issues, so please go read that to find out that type of information. The non-subscriber link in the blog entry results in a paywall. I think LWN would prefer that Greg used a subscriber link in this case. You may be being downvoted because people think you're trying to post a paywall workaround, but I agree that this would have been an appropriate place to use a subscriber link.

tytso 9y ago
You can use a subscriber link, but Greg chose not to. Jon Corbet is a mutual friend, and LWN is essentially a two person shop (Jon and Jake do all of the work, and they are not getting rich off of what is essentially a labor of love). So if someone decides they want to use a somewhat more proactive way of encouraging people to subscribe to LWN, personally I think it's appropriate and its his choice. Just as someone who wants to post a subscriber link to Hacker News is also appropriate. (But you should seriously think about subscribing, even at the Starving Hacker level, if at all possible. I subscribe at the highest tier even though my company has a corporate subscription, Just Because.)