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Ask HN: Should we have a $ symbol for premium content

by cpheimbach on 8/9/18, 6:43 PM with 6 comments

It feels to me that the amount of shared articles which are behind a paywall are rising.

I wonder if HN’s usability would improve if these article would be marked with ($) or so.

I often click there for a cheap read on my commute and find it annoying when seeing a paywall rather than the article.

  • by quickthrower2 on 8/10/18, 5:36 AM

    Just prefix with https://outline.com/

  • by tonyedgecombe on 8/13/18, 7:31 AM

    I'd like to filter out certain domains, for instance there is no point in me visiting latimes.com because they block the EU.

  • by bradknowles on 8/11/18, 11:36 PM

    Yes.

    There are work-arounds, sure. Maybe you could even build them into the submission process. But they should still be identified to begin with.

  • by Tomte on 8/10/18, 5:06 AM

    Can the forum software reliably detect that?

    I find that „feature“ unimportant, but if it‘s something the submitter must do, I‘m strongly against it. I would ignore such a rule, unless there‘s near-unanimous consensus.

  • by tobylane on 8/9/18, 8:27 PM

    Some of them are aoft paywalls. Others are easily defeatable, though it may not be legal to link to a readable link.