Comment by snowwrestler
1 day ago
I asked last year and was told 404 is the source of too many copycat low quality posts and they have a paywall. In the year since, a bunch of their original reporting has hit the front page and driven interesting discussions.
Just to clarify for anyone reading. 404 does not have a paywall. They have an account wall. Some articles require you to be signed into a free account to read.
For comparison, the Wall Street Journal does have a paywall but is not a banned site.
And 404 is also not banned, right?
As a noob here on HN, that's what I gathered from your previous comment:
> In the year since, a bunch of their original reporting has hit the front page
So, a year ago, before my time, 404 media was moderated in a way that seemed like a ban, but now it no longer appears to be shadowbanned, is that what I'm learning?
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Don't forget that complaining about paywalls is actually against the rules. So how did the site get that ban in the first place?