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Related, it would be great for HN to be able to tag stories as having auto-playing audio, a paywall, modal ads, and other undesirable elements of a posted story
by dikaiosune 12y ago
Related, it would be great for HN to be able to tag stories as having auto-playing audio, a paywall, modal ads, and other undesirable elements of a posted story's site.
- briandear 12y agoIt would be great if paywall stories weren't allowed.
- dikaiosune 12y agoEven better!
- blumkvist 12y agoBut, but, but... ads and adblockers and how eveil ads are and let's block them! Let's pay for content and all that jazz.
- dredmorbius 12y agoLet's motivate for a content syndication alternative. https://cabalamat.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/a-broadband-tax-for-the-uk/ https://cabalamat.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/a-broadband-tax-f... Advertising is a net negative on far too many fronts.
- blumkvist 12y agoPeople don't want ads. People don't want to pay for content. I think people shouldn't feel entitiled to content
- dredmorbius 12y agoInformation goods don't play well with markets for multiple reasons. "Paul Romer on Information Goods" https://www.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/311aco/paul_romer_on_information_goods/ https://www.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/311aco/paul_ro... "Why Information Goods and Markets are a Poor Match" https://www.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/2vm2da/why_information_goods_and_markets_are_a_poor_match/ https://www.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/2vm2da/why_inf...
- blumkvist 12y agoThose are great! Thanks.
- evv 12y agoI think most people here know how to get around a paywall. It is pretty easy