[dndndnd]

No worries, I've just removed this, now you can freely read any article with no account needed.

> I tried to check out the categories

Hm, okay!

> But when prompted for a login/sign-up, I lost interest.

This is a one I cannot remove that fast (due to the way backend processes these categories), but I'm just curious, why did you loose an interest? I mean, yes, it requires login, and so?

[jwuphysics]

> why did you loose an interest?

Two reasons:

1. The posts I'd find most interesting in the site are ones related to astronomy and applied machine learning. If there wasn't anything on astronomy (or physics) then I probably wouldn't use the site in the long run.

2.HN is a news aggregator. Most links that reach the front page have something interesting to offer. If I can't access the part of the site I find interesting, then I'll like go back to HN and find another post. (This isn't something I'd love to admit, but oh well.)

[dndndnd]

> If there wasn't anything on astronomy

Okay, gotcha, I think I have an idea how to fix this :)

> Most links that reach the front page have something interesting to offer.

Synthical has this functionality (I mean, "Top articles") in the right bar, but yep, I understand what you mean

[TheHumanist]

I thought you said above that you had removed the login requirement to view categories? I am still being asked to login. Or did I misunderstand? Would be nice to access categories without login necessary. Not seeing a reason that should be required?

[dndndnd]

Nope, I'm sorry if I was unclear, I was saying I've removed requirement to click on articles in the feed. This is a bit more complicated task with categories (due to some backend things I need to change), but I do understand the problem

[TheHumanist]

All good. I misunderstood! I realize it isn't necessarily a quick and easy thing to change. :)