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We have been asked a few times not to post SubscriberLinks to hackernews, lwn submissions tend to make their way into the public anyway, with a 2 week delay for
by dijit 4y ago
We have been asked a few times not to post SubscriberLinks to hackernews, lwn submissions tend to make their way into the public anyway, with a 2 week delay for non-subscribers.
Continuing to post these articles has some potential for financial harm to the project and may prevent such articles being written in future.
- joebonrichie 4y agoWhilst I largely agree, in this specific case the talk on which the article is based is public.
- mlindner 4y ago> We have been asked a few times not to post SubscriberLinks to hackernews, lwn submissions tend to make their way into the public anyway, with a 2 week delay for non-subscribers. Who is "we"? There's been numerous threads in LWN posts that state that posting subscriber links to hackernews is in fact encouraged by LWN. So you seem to be stating the reverse of what is general knowledge.
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- voxadam 4y agoI don't remember ever seeing anyone ask to avoid posting LWN subscriber links to HN. Actually, a few months ago Jonathan Corbet stated the following on this site: "It's nice to see LWN on HN for the second time in one day, but please remember: it is only LWN subscribers that make this kind of writing possible. If you are enjoying it, please consider becoming a subscriber yourself — or, even better, getting your employer to subscribe."[0] It sounds like Mr. Corbet is fine with the occasional link as long as people keep LWN's business model and financial needs in mind. LWN is an excellent resource, I highly recommend subscribing. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31851755#31852477 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31851755#31852477
- Bloedcoin 4y agoI thought whenever this is posted someone paid for it to be made public? 'The following subscription-only content has been made available to you by an LWN subscriber.' Are those really only subscriber links?
- tpxl 4y agoThe links are public, but hidden, so any subscriber that has a link can share it to any number of people.
- Proven 4y ago
- Semaphor 4y agoThe only people I’ve seen ask that have been normal subscribers, not contributors or even owners. So, I feel like you might need to source your statement.
- Bancakes 4y agoHow about, if noone posts these links, noone will read their articles, hence noone will care to pay in the future?
- Tomte 4y agoOn the contrary, "we" have been repeatedly told by Jonathan Corbet, that posting to HN is perfectly fine. Stop making things up and creating Internet drama.
- dijit 4y ago> It's nice to see LWN on HN for the second time in one day, but please remember: it is only LWN subscribers that make this kind of writing possible. If you are enjoying it, please consider becoming a subscriber yourself — or, even better, getting your employer to subscribe. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31852477 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31852477 sounds like he is fine with it as long as it comes with subscriptions, which makes sense. Maybe my suggestion should have been to subscribe and I wouldn't have been flagged. :) EDIT: can I please get an explanation of what I've done wrong? Is it too meta?
- freedomben 4y agoI didn't flag or downvote you so I'm only speculating, but I suspect it was killed/flagged for being misinformation. Many people just skim, and don't verify info before spreading it, so a comment like yours could cause it to spread and in this case may cause friction/drama. Again, just speculating.