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Stop posting WSJ paywall articles. This isn’t a paywall advertisement service.

• dang 7y ago
  If there's a workaround, it's ok. Users usually post workarounds in the thread. This is in the FAQ at https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html and 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...
  • craftyguy 7y ago
    If there's a workaround and it's not hard for people to find it and paste it into the comments, then it's not hard for people submitting articles to post the non-paywall version in the first place.
    • dang 7y ago
      It's important that the original URL be used so that readers can see what the domain is. It's for that same reason that HN doesn't allow link shorteners.