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Can we petition HN somehow to refuse posting pay-wall or app-wall links? Unless HN is encouraging its users to circumvent these features, which is in the hacker

by uoaei 3y ago

Can we petition HN somehow to refuse posting pay-wall or app-wall links? Unless HN is encouraging its users to circumvent these features, which is in the hacker spirit but certainly dubious on the business relations front.

itscrush 3y ago
Check out the FAQ @ https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html ... No and yes it's 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. But please don't post complaints about paywalls. Those are off topic[0]. More here[1]. [0]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 [1]https://hn.algolia.com/?query=paywalls%20by:dang&dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?query=paywalls%20by:dang&dateRange=a...
- uoaei 3y ago
  How gray of an area is 'technically unsanctioned bot posts article content as a comment on the HN submission page'?
  - mschuster91 3y ago
    That would expose the bot's operator to some massive liability, and I'd guess the mods would boot it with the first DMCA claim coming in.
    - uoaei 3y ago
      Surely the HN moderators are not legally obligated to chase rogue bots on multiple usernames for unrelated third parties. It wouldn't be "spammy" so they'd have no need to react to it for their own moderation duties. The DMCA claims seem thin in any case especially considering SCOTUS's reaffirmation of Section 230. I don't think iterating through hypothetical legal arguments is very useful without the attendant analysis.
xavdid 3y ago
There are good alternative frontends for sites like medium (and twitter). Here's the article unobstructed: https://scribe.rip/m/global-identity-2?redirectUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.cto.berlin%2Fwhy-i-fired-myself-94deccee2c03 https://scribe.rip/m/global-identity-2?redirectUrl=https%3A%...
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ctoberlin 3y ago
I apologise for that. I noticed after posting and was unable to change it from metered to free.

by uoaei 3y ago

itscrush 3y ago

Check out the FAQ @ https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html ... No and yes it's 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. But please don't post complaints about paywalls. Those are off topic[0]. More here[1]. [0]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 [1]https://hn.algolia.com/?query=paywalls%20by:dang&dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?query=paywalls%20by:dang&dateRange=a...

uoaei 3y ago
How gray of an area is 'technically unsanctioned bot posts article content as a comment on the HN submission page'?
- mschuster91 3y ago
  That would expose the bot's operator to some massive liability, and I'd guess the mods would boot it with the first DMCA claim coming in.
  - uoaei 3y ago
    Surely the HN moderators are not legally obligated to chase rogue bots on multiple usernames for unrelated third parties. It wouldn't be "spammy" so they'd have no need to react to it for their own moderation duties. The DMCA claims seem thin in any case especially considering SCOTUS's reaffirmation of Section 230. I don't think iterating through hypothetical legal arguments is very useful without the attendant analysis.

xavdid 3y ago

There are good alternative frontends for sites like medium (and twitter). Here's the article unobstructed: https://scribe.rip/m/global-identity-2?redirectUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.cto.berlin%2Fwhy-i-fired-myself-94deccee2c03 https://scribe.rip/m/global-identity-2?redirectUrl=https%3A%...

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ctoberlin 3y ago

I apologise for that. I noticed after posting and was unable to change it from metered to free.