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https://outline.com/tdDNdd https://outline.com/tdDNdd

by farresito 9y ago

stevemk14ebr 9y ago
This should be the article linked. Mods can you switch, the current one behind a subscription wall?
- dang 9y ago
  It's ok to post workarounds in the threads, but we don't change the official URLs to those. Doing that would obscure the article source, among other reasons. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989
  - egeozcan 9y ago
    Hi dang. I really do not understand why it is ok to post pay-walled articles. It makes the frontpage a minefield IMHO. Maybe a short reason can also be stated in the FAQ in addition to that being ok. BTW, is it also ok to post articles behind a registration-wall? I mean, like something shared on FB which can only be viewed by members?
    - dang 9y ago
      It's explained in the second link there as well as tons of comments I've posted about this (https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix=false&page=0&query=by:dang%20paywalls https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...). We find the paywalls as annoying as anyone, but as long as there are publicly available workarounds, the articles remain accessible at the price of annoyance. This sucks, of course, but an HN without articles from any such publications would suck worse. Since the core idea of HN is to try to optimize for curiosity, we don't have much of a choice. Hopefully someday the publication problem will get a definitive solution and we won't have to deal with this crap anymore. In the meantime, publicly accessible workarounds are the best of a bad bunch. (Re registration sites, it's the same principle: if there's a publicly available workaround, it's ok, if not it's not.)
    - hsljekskfh 9y ago
      you know i actually think you’re right and something could be done. i literally always open the comments first because something like a quarter of articles here are paywalled and they always have a mirror by the time i read them. my system works and it seems like people don’t like your sentiment. but i don’t understand why.
JacobJans 9y ago
https://www.outline.com/dmca.html https://www.outline.com/dmca.html
ricksanch88 9y ago
Well, I just found my new favorite extension.

https://outline.com/tdDNdd https://outline.com/tdDNdd

stevemk14ebr 9y ago

This should be the article linked. Mods can you switch, the current one behind a subscription wall?

dang 9y ago
It's ok to post workarounds in the threads, but we don't change the official URLs to those. Doing that would obscure the article source, among other reasons. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989
- egeozcan 9y ago
  Hi dang. I really do not understand why it is ok to post pay-walled articles. It makes the frontpage a minefield IMHO. Maybe a short reason can also be stated in the FAQ in addition to that being ok. BTW, is it also ok to post articles behind a registration-wall? I mean, like something shared on FB which can only be viewed by members?
  - dang 9y ago
    It's explained in the second link there as well as tons of comments I've posted about this (https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix=false&page=0&query=by:dang%20paywalls https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...). We find the paywalls as annoying as anyone, but as long as there are publicly available workarounds, the articles remain accessible at the price of annoyance. This sucks, of course, but an HN without articles from any such publications would suck worse. Since the core idea of HN is to try to optimize for curiosity, we don't have much of a choice. Hopefully someday the publication problem will get a definitive solution and we won't have to deal with this crap anymore. In the meantime, publicly accessible workarounds are the best of a bad bunch. (Re registration sites, it's the same principle: if there's a publicly available workaround, it's ok, if not it's not.)
  - hsljekskfh 9y ago
    you know i actually think you’re right and something could be done. i literally always open the comments first because something like a quarter of articles here are paywalled and they always have a mirror by the time i read them. my system works and it seems like people don’t like your sentiment. but i don’t understand why.

JacobJans 9y ago

https://www.outline.com/dmca.html https://www.outline.com/dmca.html

ricksanch88 9y ago

Well, I just found my new favorite extension.