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OT: Can we stop sharing The Information links on HN? They seem to have the strictest paywall of anyone. I doubt many commenters here actually subscribe which
by habosa 6y ago
OT: Can we stop sharing The Information links on HN? They seem to have the strictest paywall of anyone. I doubt many commenters here actually subscribe which means we're just discussing the headline.
- detaro 6y agoIndeed. Anyone have a working workaround link? (which is required to exist for paywalled sites according to HN rules?)
- pl0x 6y agoPlease pay for quality content or don't complain about clickbait journalism.
- nindalf 6y agoI think it's reasonable to ask for an alternate link.
- oh_sigh 6y agoComplaining that something is generally behind a paywall is different from complaining that a site centered around widespread discussion of content frequently promotes content behind a paywall. I'm fine paying for content, but the content rarely belongs on HN, because it is insane to say to the general HN reader "Hey, here's an interesting article. Pay to read it before you have any idea of what it is about beyond the title". What happens when you have pay-to-read content on HN is that no one actually discusses the content of the article, and only discusses general topics relating to the topic of the article - making for lower quality discussions.
- kgog 6y agoIt's relevant enough to get you to click on the link, then read through comments, and leave a long comment. If you want a good discussion for a topic you like, go pay for access to it. Nowhere in HN rules does it say that content cannot be behind paywalls.
- detaro 6y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html > 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.
- oh_sigh 6y agoI didn't know it was paywalled before I clicked the link. I came into the comments to see if someone posted an alternate non-paywalled source. My "long comment" was a meta comment about paywalled articles on HN, not about the article itself. Me paying for access to an article will not generate a good discussion by itself, because discussions almost necessarily involve multiple parties. I never claimed that HN banned paywall content. I don't want to be mean but literally every sentence in your post is off base or just wrong in some manner.
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- Nextgrid 6y agoI believe The Information gives out free access links to HN, or at least used to. Maybe we just need to wait a bit for them to notice.
- ocdtrekkie 6y agoI'm not sure if it's a specific policy for HN, but often for popular articles they aren't too upset if a subscriber shares the full article. (Which we can do.) I think it's worth noting that The Information is an incredible journalism outfit that does incredible work. I subscribe not for access to the content (which other sites reblog within hours), but to support legit journalists doing real, original research.
- chrisseaton 6y agoIt's explicitly against the rules here to complain about paywalls - please don't do it it's really boring.