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Comment by nmjohn

1 year ago

Why are other news sources which also have paywalls not banned? (nytimes, wsj, bloomberg, financial times, etc)

Dang's guidance: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989>

(9 years old and standing.)

If you find that a previously-available workaround is no longer effective, do feel free to notify mods.

And as tptacek notes, if a workaround does work (and reliably, some are only very occasionally effective), you can also alert mods.

Mods can and should be reached by email at <hn@ycombinator.com>.

Paywalls are fine on HN as long as there's a reliable linkable bypass.

  • One of the standard link bypasses seems to work here[0] though. Is that not a reliable workaround here?

    [0]: https://archive.is/BYCjp

    • If we're flagkilling stories with workable paywall bypasses, you should ping hn@ycombinator.com (don't assume they see the thread), and I'd expect them to unkill it.