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Why do you link to websites with a paywall?
by retroencabulato 12y ago
Why do you link to websites with a paywall?
- DanBC 12y agoThe paywall kicks in after X free reads. People submitting links to paywalled articles may have subscriptions; they may not know about the paywall and not have reached the paywall limit yet; they may routinely use paywall evading methods.
- bdb 12y agoBecause the content is of high quality.
- zaroth 12y agoThe perfect question, and the perfect answer. (Upvotes both)
- tinypass 12y agoMost advanced paywall companies have a feature that enable premium content publishers to make exceptions to the paywall for referral links. Yes, they want subscribers. But they still want to drive traffic from social sharing.