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https://www.404media.co/email/7ba8cca7-96d2-487d-a1e3-5cc0de98fc4e/ https://www.404media.co/email/7ba8cca7-96d2-487d-a1e3-5cc0de...

• mondobe 3y ago
  Lol... interesting how they only lock half of a paragraph behind a subscribe-wall.
• godelski 3y ago
  I was kinda surprised to find that only one paragraph was hidden. That's extremely annoying when they're just email mining. Thanks.
  • alx__ 3y ago
    Did you read the article? There's way more than "one"
    • notwhereyouare 3y ago
      for me, the article cut off after this paragraph: OnlyFake lets essentially anyone generate fake IDs in minutes that may seem real enough to bypass various online verification systems. Or at least fool some people
    • godelski 3y ago
      I was just commenting on the difference of what I see between the two links. Here's what I see Blocked by Signup: https://i.imgur.com/vrkQ8rS.png https://i.imgur.com/vrkQ8rS.png Unblocked: https://i.imgur.com/R74nUPt.png https://i.imgur.com/R74nUPt.png (This post was edited after Dang's comment)
      • dang 3y ago
        > I'm really not sure why you're upset and accusatory. What a weird thing to lie about, Please don't respond to a bad comment by breaking the site guidelines yourself. That only makes things worse. I know the GP was provocative, but your comment would be fine without those bits. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
        • godelski 3y ago
          You're right. I edited my comment to be more appropriate and disclosed the fact that it was edited. Thank you for the prod, sometimes we get caught in the moment.
          • dang 3y ago
            Appreciated!
    • dang 3y ago
      "Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that."" https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  • sharkjacobs 3y ago
    https://www.404media.co/why-404-media-needs-your-email-address/ https://www.404media.co/why-404-media-needs-your-email-addre... > In December, we noticed that articles we spent significant amounts of time on ... were being scraped by bots, run through an AI article “spinner” or paraphraser, and republished on random websites. > Requiring an email address to read our articles has, for the moment, stopped our content from being scraped and repurposed by AI. JAN 26, 2024 AT 9:36 AM