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bah. please don't link to things behind a wall
by eof 16y ago
bah. please don't link to things behind a wall
- parasctr 16y agouse this: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=1366&bih=677&q=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/10/science/space/10galaxy.html&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=136...
- eof 16y agoThanks, I do know how to get access (I mean, I am sure I registered in the past anyway) but it's still trashy to click a link on a site like HN and be prompted with a login before you see the content.
- donohoe 16y agoThe situation is that after 8 views (aprox) of articles you're asked to Register. You can always clear the NYT cookie or switch browsers or whatever.
- flipbrad 16y agoit's an interesting point, that. should news aggregators consciously avoid paywalled articles, and if so, why? Do they increase the ratio of noise to signal her, because few people can benefit from them (hence they are pure noise to most people here)? That's quite the irony, since their entire selling point is that paywalled content is higher signal, lower noise. Perhaps it comes down to the aggregator's audience. Some will be more willing to pay to get past paywalls, for articles recommended to them by that aggregator, or have a higher tendency to already be paying customers. Hence P(article recommendation will be appreciated) will tend higher there, because P(article will be viewable) is higher.
- AgentConundrum 16y agoWhat wall?