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I don't read many of the links on HN these days, but that's because such a high percentage are behind a paywall. I understand HN's policy, but a big chunk of wh
by bachmeier 7y ago
I don't read many of the links on HN these days, but that's because such a high percentage are behind a paywall. I understand HN's policy, but a big chunk of what hits the front page is the NYT, and I have no way to read those articles. Greatly reduces the value of HN.
The reason I haven't completely left HN is because occasionally a personal blog article like this hits the front page, in which case I do read it, and only sometimes check the comments.
To relate my comment to the linked article: I'm saying links to paywalled articles have turned HN into a discussion forum rather than a place to discuss articles.
- bookofjoe 7y ago>I don't read many of the links on HN these days, but that's because such a high percentage are behind a paywall. I understand HN's policy, but a big chunk of what hits the front page is the NYT, and I have no way to read those articles. Greatly reduces the value of HN. Right now (8:39am ET) there is 1 NYT article on the front page.
- bachmeier 7y agoAccording to this[1], 4% of all front page links (4/day) in 2019 have been to NYT articles. That was only one example, and it doesn't account for time on the front page, which is almost certainly much longer for NYT links. [1] https://toddwschneider.com/dashboards/hacker-news-trends/?q=wsj.com&f=domain&s=text&m=frac_items&t=year https://toddwschneider.com/dashboards/hacker-news-trends/?q=...