The WSJ lost their ability to influence me, and any value they had to me, when they prevented me from reading their articles. Paywalls are damage. If it's an i

The WSJ lost their ability to influence me, and any value they had to me, when they prevented me from reading their articles. Paywalls are damage. If it's an important enough event or public opinion, I'll hear about it from some other medium - another news company, another HN article, Imgur, Facebook, Twitter, coworkers, etc. It's the Redundant Array of Independent Information Sources.