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404 Media has a hard subscribewall which usually gets domains autokilled, as users tend to flag it.
by minimaxir 2y ago
404 Media has a hard subscribewall which usually gets domains autokilled, as users tend to flag it.
- DanAtC 2y agoAh good point, though I believe their FOIA-based articles are free.
- drewda 2y agoWhat a weird and unfortunate outcome. HN often links to articles on sites like The Verge that are literally just a summary of actual reporting performed by reporters at Bloomberg, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, or another media outlet with a "hard subscribewall." The Verge and others are just leaching off the reporters and media outlets doing the actual work. And then there's open contempt for linking to sites like 404 Media that charge. Don't get me wrong — I sometimes use archive.is myself to bypass paywalls. But it sure looks like HN as a community is letting itself be shaped by whoever will offer their content for free.
- tmiku 2y agoMost of their articles are free and just require you to log in with an email, but the median HN poster finds that as repellent as a paywall so it may be a moot point.
- walterbell 2y ago> the median HN poster finds that as repellent as a paywall "Median"? Countless paywalled articles have been on the HN front page without flagging. 404 could run a feature on the latest innovations in "Grassroots for hire" persona and narrative management software.
- gaws 2y agoThis is likely the reason. There are no gift links or known workarounds for the paywall, so there's no point in sharing an article most people can't read.