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by pan69 3817 days ago
The New York Times is another one I can think of. I'm not against pay walls or ad blocking, but if, as a content provider, you choose to implement these sorts of "devices" than you can at least expect your content not to be shared around any more on link sites such as HN, i.e. you're not serving the community on those websites any more, your serving your customers. Which is fine, but I'm not your customer.

When ever I see a pay wall on HN these days, I "flag" it.
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blacksmythe 3817 days ago
I believe if you flag too many articles, HN takes away your flagging privilege.
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relkor 3817 days ago
You have to speak up, although it is a chorus of voices that is the will of the community, each voice is necessary. Do not be afraid of speaking your opinion for fear of loosing a button on the internet that you can press.
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krapp 3817 days ago
The mods have already made it perfectly clear[0] that paywalled articles are acceptable, though. This isn't a subject which is apparently up for debate - flagging paywalled articles is an abuse of flagging, abuse of flagging will lead to loss of flagging rights, and complaining about paywalled articles is off topic, and off topic discussion gets pruned and voted down.

If you don't like that an article is paywalled, provide a workaround link (which many such sites have, so they can still get SEO from the article) or just don't comment on that article.

[0]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989

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relkor 3811 days ago
You are missing the point about advocating for change. Of course I am aware that mods allow pay-walled articles, I believe I saw the discussion was on the front page a month or so back. What I am talking about is civil disobedience, Rosa Parks did not move to the back of the bus even though it was the law at the time. Just because something is the rules does not mean one should not act. As I directly addressed in my comment, if you have a personal belief that certain rules are incorrect, then you should act, and not wait for someone else to go first.
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Tomte 3817 days ago
You're abusing the flag mechanism. Stop doing that.
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