Actually, 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 ris

Actually, 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?