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The Rise of the Drone Master: Pop Culture Recasts Obama
- kapnobatairza 12y agoCan we just make it a rule that if you are going to be posting news from a source that is notorious for paywalling or geowalling, you at least attempt to provide an alternate link (either in the comments or in the submission if you can retain the original domain)? This always happens for NYTimes submissions, and time/energy/comment space always needs to be wasted posting a mirror. Here is a non-paywall link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/30/us/politics/pop-culture-puts-spin-on-grim-realities-of-obama-presidency.html?share http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/30/us/politics/pop-culture-pu...
- sov 12y agoYour link is also paywalled. Just search and access the article from google.
- kapnobatairza 12y agoInteresting, the ?share appendage to NYT links usually works for me. There must be some other parameter ?share uses to bypass the paywall (perhaps geolocation).
- mikeash 12y agoHow about we make it a rule that you make a decent effort to circumvent the paywall yourself before complaining about it? For a site that should be full of power users, people sure don't want to be bothered to actually use their skills.
- kapnobatairza 12y agoActually, I did that and even provided a non-paywall link myself (although it doesn't appear to be working for everyone). My point is that there has been a rise in paywalled articles being submitted to HN and reaching the front-page, which leads to the inevitable needless exercise of readers hunting out a non-paywall link or hoping someone took the time to post one in the comments. In certain cases you can't anticipate when a paywall article will be paywalled or not, and I sympathize when that is the case. When it comes to the NYTimes, however, you are almost guaranteed to be submitting an article that will be paywalled for someone so why not make SOME effort to provide a non-paywall version?