Good point, and a seeming paradox. But I'd suggest that it's mitigated by the clear preponderance of tech-savvy users on HN. Paywalls are flimsy, and can be cir

Good point, and a seeming paradox. But I'd suggest that it's mitigated by the clear preponderance of tech-savvy users on HN. Paywalls are flimsy, and can be circumvented pretty easily by people keen to get at the content. I often browse "active" on HN, and if a comment thread is interesting, but based on a paywalled article, I'll get around the paywall to read the article. Often, an HN commenter will have added a link to a non-paywalled version of said article anyway. [Edit to add: Sometimes, though, I'm already a subscriber to the paywalled content. I'm not a complete leech.]