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swang720 | 8 years ago

This is interesting, but can we avoid posting links to articles behind paywalls?

Here's one on the subject that isn't: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-arizona-ub...

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dang|8 years ago

It's helpful to post better URLs, and we've changed the submission to that one from https://www.wsj.com/articles/arizona-governor-suspends-ubers.... Thanks!

Please don't post complaints about paywalls, though: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989. They're off-topic, and as long as standard workarounds exist (which users routinely post to these threads), paywalled articles are ok. Not that they aren't annoying; they suck. But HN would be quite a bit worse if all such articles were cleared out of here.

stordoff|8 years ago

FWIW, complaints about paywalls are generally off-topic, though I agree, a non-paywalled source can be useful.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

ineedasername|8 years ago

I think courtesy should dictate that paywalled articles be accompanied by at least a brief description. Perhaps a change to the FAQ to recommend such?

samschooler|8 years ago

Just click the "web" link then click the WSJ link. If you have no cookies from them, it gets you around the paywall most of the time.