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OP, please conform with HN rules by providing a workaround to the paywall. If there is no workaround, the pay-walled article is not permitted here, per the rule

OP, please conform with HN rules by providing a workaround to the paywall. If there is no workaround, the pay-walled article is not permitted here, per the rules. Thank you. edit: I see this was downvoted. Interesting. October 3 2019 HN rules: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:40QUastnyuMJ:https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:40QUas... > 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. October 10 2019 HN rules: Paywall rule has been removed. Paywalled articles with no workarounds are now OK. Pay up or get out. Thank you for the correction and the tip about the new rules changes implemented this week.

Mathnerd314 7y ago
This works for me in Firefox's console: $('.body-copy')[0].innerHTML = JSON.parse($$('script[type="application/ld+json"]')[0].firstChild.data).description And I still see the paywall rule in the FAQ.
- AlexCoventry 7y ago
  How did you come up with that snippet?
  - Mathnerd314 7y ago
    I did a search in the page source and there was the script tag with the article content, then I just built it out. A lot of small sites seem to be trying to obfuscate their content so they get SEO rather than really paywalling it.
cwkoss 7y ago
I see the rule you listed under Oct 3 in the current FAQ.
grzm 7y ago
From 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." If you've got a concern about a post and the paywall, search for a workaround, ask if someone knows a workaround, or contact the mods using the Contact link in the footer. Berating an OP is likely not going to be effective and is arguably counter to the guidelines and FAQ.

Mathnerd314 7y ago

This works for me in Firefox's console: $('.body-copy')[0].innerHTML = JSON.parse($$('script[type="application/ld+json"]')[0].firstChild.data).description And I still see the paywall rule in the FAQ.

AlexCoventry 7y ago
How did you come up with that snippet?
- Mathnerd314 7y ago
  I did a search in the page source and there was the script tag with the article content, then I just built it out. A lot of small sites seem to be trying to obfuscate their content so they get SEO rather than really paywalling it.

cwkoss 7y ago

I see the rule you listed under Oct 3 in the current FAQ.

grzm 7y ago

From 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." If you've got a concern about a post and the paywall, search for a workaround, ask if someone knows a workaround, or contact the mods using the Contact link in the footer. Berating an OP is likely not going to be effective and is arguably counter to the guidelines and FAQ.