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

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Post by solarkraft » Wed, Apr 18, 2018, 6:23 PM UTC

masukomi wrote: post #4

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.

While I would agree in theory, it seems that the people at Y Combinator are not really intending to touch the HN code base.

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

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Post by Someone » Wed, Apr 18, 2018, 9:21 PM UTC

Where would that end? Would links to content that’s only partially visible such as to previews on the Amazon store, or to Google books, get a tag, too?

What about geographically restricted content (parts of BBC.co.uk)?

What about pages that beg for donations, either extremely politely (theGuardian.com) or more aggressively (Wikipedia.org)?

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

#23

Post by beezischillin » Thu, Apr 19, 2018, 6:26 AM UTC

Yes, please. It would be useful for me, especially when I browse HN on my phone.

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