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Meta: Why does HN allow pay-walled submissions? What percentage of HN users have a 404media account? Why even allow a post that the vast, vast, majority of HN u
by thegrim33 2y ago
Meta: Why does HN allow pay-walled submissions? What percentage of HN users have a 404media account? Why even allow a post that the vast, vast, majority of HN users can't even read?
I feel like you'd also get more uninformed comments from people that could only read the headline and first paragraph or two, but are missing all the additional context from the rest of the article.
- metadat 2y agoPreviously addressed 10 years ago by HN staff: "Paywalls with workarounds are OK. Discussions about it are off-topic." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38286060 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38286060
- peutetre 2y agoWhy worry about it? Either pay for access or don't. Simple.