> This is the 5'th SubscriberLink over the last week on HN Its the first post to gain any meaningful traction > Please, folks, subscribe, and let Corbet put t

> This is the 5'th SubscriberLink over the last week on HN Its the first post to gain any meaningful traction > Please, folks, subscribe, and let Corbet put the subscriber links here himself. The LWN weekly editions are definitely worth every penny. According to corbet its totally fine if every now and then a subscriber link pops up on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1966033 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1966033 > As long as the posting of subscriber links in places like this is occasional, I believe it serves as good marketing for LWN - indeed, every now and then, I even do it myself. We just hope that people realize that we run nine feature articles every week, all of which are instantly accessible to LWN subscribers. The LWN FAQ also considers it no problem: https://lwn.net/op/FAQ.lwn#slinks https://lwn.net/op/FAQ.lwn#slinks > Where is it appropriate to post a subscriber link? > Almost anywhere. Private mail, messages to project mailing lists, and blog entries are all appropriate. As long as people do not use subscriber links as a way to defeat our attempts to gain subscribers, we are happy to see them shared. I think posting this on HN does not defeat the purpose of gaining subscribers, but supports them. At least for me it worked. After reading some LWN articles on HN I decided to become a paying subscriber. Telling people they are not allowed to post such links here actually IMHO hurts LWN.