Should we use [paywall] tag where applicable?

#1

Post by radious » Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 6:23 PM UTC

Idea shamelessly stolen from petercooper: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16859287

With the grow of paywalled content getting to the first page, could we please start marking it somehow? It could help avoid disappointment when a link leads to an inaccessible content.

Re: Should we use [paywall] tag where applicable?

#2

Post by klez » Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 7:01 PM UTC

In my opinion yes. It will probably just save me a couple of clicks, but it's irritating, especially on mobile.

Re: Should we use [paywall] tag where applicable?

#3

Post by trebor » Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 7:18 PM UTC

Yes, absolutely.

Re: Should we use [paywall] tag where applicable?

#4

Post by masukomi » Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 9:16 PM UTC

yes. please. Better would be to just automate it because there aren't THAT many paywalls i get linked to from here. Just have a list of paywall sites and have the back end preface the the link with it.