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

[cpheimbach]

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.

[quickthrower2]

Just prefix with https://outline.com/

[lainproliant]

Thanks for sharing this!

[tonyedgecombe]

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

[bradknowles]

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.

[Tomte]

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.

[tobylane]

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