It's trivial to avoid the Washington Post's paywall, so there's no point in banning it. Obviously, a substantial amount of people could read it, because it's on

It's trivial to avoid the Washington Post's paywall, so there's no point in banning it. Obviously, a substantial amount of people could read it, because it's on the front page. A lot of sites also give exceptions to HN so we all can pass their paywalls, which is great. (Like FT, for example.)