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People downvoting -- do you like it when people post paywalled links?

• grzm 8y ago
  The HN policy on paywalls is described in the FAQ: > "Are paywalls ok?" > "It's ok to post stories from sites with paywalls that have workarounds." > "In comments, it's ok to ask how to read an article and to help other users do so. But please don't post complaints about paywalls. Those are off topic." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
  • sam0x17 8y ago
    Thanks for at least giving me a straight answer instead of simply downvoting. I do find that policy annoying, though I'm apparently not allowed to talk about it.
    • dang 8y ago
      Users usually post workarounds in the thread (though not so much when a simple incognito window is all that's needed). There's more explanation here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix&page=0&query=by:dang%20paywall https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...
  • true_tuna 8y ago
    There’s policy and there’s community. People in the community are very opposed to the future we enable when we encourage paywalls.
    • dang 8y ago
      Some people are, and some people think the opposite.