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Why do people post and upvote webpages that are behind a paywall? I wish there was a “no paywall or gdpr wall” rule for hackernews, or at least a [paywall] “fla
by tobyhinloopen 8y ago
Why do people post and upvote webpages that are behind a paywall? I wish there was a “no paywall or gdpr wall” rule for hackernews, or at least a [paywall] “flair”-like thing so I don’t have to waste time loading the page.
- OpenBSD-reich 8y agoBest idea is if someone who can read it copies and pastes it into several pastebin, dpaste, bpaste, etc. sites and links them in the comments. By the time DMCA hits the paste sites it'll be a few days later and everyone on HN will have read it.
- leetcrew 8y ago> Why do people post and upvote webpages that are behind a paywall? because it's explicitly allowed by the rules. I like your flair idea though, seems like a nice middle ground.
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- wanderingstan 8y ago1 point by wanderingstan 0 minutes ago | edit | delete [-] I concur. It's hard to have a discussion about an article that only a few people can read. The flair idea is a good one. We already require post titles on old articles to contain the year, seems natural to require disclaimers of paywalls.
- malandrew 8y agoWhat I want is the ability to screen out paywall content just like I can screen out shadowbanned people. If someone wants to see paywalled content, then they could just turn it on.
- alach11 8y agoGood journalism costs money.
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoMake your mind up HN, one minute it's "I hate all advertising and would be more than willing to pay for content if only I had the option" and the next it's "ban anything that's behind a paywall". ;)
- CaptSpify 8y agoThose two are far from mutually exclusive