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Why is it acceptable to submit an article which is selectively inaccessible to the majority of users? All I see is: How to Become the Best in the World at Som

Why is it acceptable to submit an article which is selectively inaccessible to the majority of users? All I see is: How to Become the Best in the World at Something With skill stacking, you don’t need to be at the top to be extraordinary Tomas Pueyo Oct 17 · 7 min read It’s better to have three okay tools than a single, perfect one. The axe is great at breaking obstacles, but not that useful to jump over pits. The grapple is great to jump over ice or pits, but not amazing for slaying dragons. The only way to win is by having both tools. Illustrations: Tomas Pueyo. CConsider what it takes to become an NBA player. Most of them have been honing their skills on the basketball court practically since infancy. Years of countless practices, camps, and games have helped each player develop a skill set based around shooting… Keep the story going. Sign up for an extra free read. You've completed your member preview for this month, but when you sign up for a free Medium account, you get one more story. Flagged.

a13n 7y ago
The article is accessible, but you've chosen not to access it.
bluetidepro 7y ago
Non paywall link: https://outline.com/sRfTa9 https://outline.com/sRfTa9 But, FWIW, I do agree with you. Medium is the worst. Thankfully services like Outline are available to get around all that.
CedarMadness 7y ago
I've been using an extension to avoid this common annoyance. https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox also for Chrome: https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome
- forgotmypw 7y ago
  I use neither Chrome nor Firefox, nor am I installing extra software to access a website that doesn't want me.
crdrost 7y ago
Yeah sorry, Medium has become somewhat like The New York Times in that nonmembers only get a certain number of free views of these “Partner” posts per month; it sounds like you have run into that particular paywall whereas I think most of the other readers have not (otherwise I'm not sure how this was as successful as it is). With that said, NYT articles routinely trend on Hacker News so I guess that your proposed policy of no-paywalls is probably not going to be implemented on HN any time soon?
pbulises 7y ago
Author here. You can read it free here: https://forge.medium.com/how-to-become-the-best-in-the-world-at-something-f1b658f93428?source=friends_link&sk=88d2ce6a8cdaacd47ae6a754fb96e9b5 https://forge.medium.com/how-to-become-the-best-in-the-world... I'm ambivalent about Medium's approach. All in all, I do think that you get what you pay for. FB's negative impact is due to their ad monetization strategy. Medium is trying to charge through subscriptions vs advertising, and pays according to time reading vs. impressions, so is much more aligned with readers than non-subscription media.
4ntonius8lock 7y ago
I rarely get caught up on pay walls. Firefox with Ublock origin + Decentraleyes + NoScrypt + Cookie AutoDelete

a13n 7y ago

The article is accessible, but you've chosen not to access it.

bluetidepro 7y ago

Non paywall link: https://outline.com/sRfTa9 https://outline.com/sRfTa9 But, FWIW, I do agree with you. Medium is the worst. Thankfully services like Outline are available to get around all that.

CedarMadness 7y ago

I've been using an extension to avoid this common annoyance. https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox also for Chrome: https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome

forgotmypw 7y ago
I use neither Chrome nor Firefox, nor am I installing extra software to access a website that doesn't want me.

crdrost 7y ago

Yeah sorry, Medium has become somewhat like The New York Times in that nonmembers only get a certain number of free views of these “Partner” posts per month; it sounds like you have run into that particular paywall whereas I think most of the other readers have not (otherwise I'm not sure how this was as successful as it is). With that said, NYT articles routinely trend on Hacker News so I guess that your proposed policy of no-paywalls is probably not going to be implemented on HN any time soon?

pbulises 7y ago

Author here. You can read it free here: https://forge.medium.com/how-to-become-the-best-in-the-world-at-something-f1b658f93428?source=friends_link&sk=88d2ce6a8cdaacd47ae6a754fb96e9b5 https://forge.medium.com/how-to-become-the-best-in-the-world... I'm ambivalent about Medium's approach. All in all, I do think that you get what you pay for. FB's negative impact is due to their ad monetization strategy. Medium is trying to charge through subscriptions vs advertising, and pays according to time reading vs. impressions, so is much more aligned with readers than non-subscription media.

4ntonius8lock 7y ago

I rarely get caught up on pay walls. Firefox with Ublock origin + Decentraleyes + NoScrypt + Cookie AutoDelete