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On the aside, where's the difference between someone posting a Twitter link and an Economist link? Both are locked behind a wall, whether it account-wall or pay
by shaewest 3mo ago
On the aside, where's the difference between someone posting a Twitter link and an Economist link? Both are locked behind a wall, whether it account-wall or pay-wall.
- bearjaws 3mo agoWe can ban those too.
- sourcecodeplz 3mo agoif we would ban everything that is not 100%: free, ad-free, tracker free what would we be left to read? couple of snarky remarks and maybe 2-3 paragraph of coherent text. journalism is a job! money has to come from somewhere
- kbelder 3mo agoWell, restricting posts to those actually accessible isn't unreasonable. Allowing them is HN's worst policy, in my humble opinion.
- CamperBob2 3mo agoThe Economist isn't owned by someone who cheats at video games, subverts the government, and thinks Nazi salutes are funny.