[arasmussen]

> Why do Quora articles continue to make the front page when we can't read them?

We can read them, by signing in.

> How do the people upvoting this read the article? Do they sign in?

Yes

> What possible benefit is there to signing in?

We get to read the article.

> If the HN homepage had a popup saying "Login with Google or Facebook to read all of HN," would you tolerate it?

Yes

Btw, dude, there's a close button.

[grkvlt]

Exactly. I really don't understand what's wrong with signing in to access content, it shows the site owner I'm actually interested in engaging. Facebook isn't going steal my soul when I send them my credentials, you know.