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Why is there so much discussion about paywalls on HN? Can someone create a FAQ? The first several comments so far are essentially about the paywall. It's all noise. We need to increase the signal.

From the FAQ:

Are paywalls ok?

It's ok to post stories from sites with paywalls that have workarounds.

In comments, it's ok to ask how to read an article and to help other users do so. But please don't post complaints about paywalls. Those are off topic.

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

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You asked why it's not in a faq. Someone pointed out that it is in a faq, and quoted the faq, and linked the faq.

You respond by attacking that poster?

Actually DanBC I didn't say that. I asked to put how to find the articles behind a paywall in an FAQ.

Anyway, I wrote it myself:https://h4labs.wordpress.com/2015/09/14/hacker-news-faq-1-ho...

You're right. However, it doesn't solve the noise problem. Oh well, guess the problem of a growing community and keeping the quality high is unsolvable

Then they should remove the paywall. How are we supposed to discuss the article if we can't read it? This isn't a discussion "about the paywall" - it's just a link so the rest of us can read along.

That why we need an FAQ. So everyone who can't figure it out for themselves can read it.

I've already explained a couple of times that there are still advantages even if you can't read the original source. Can you figure out what one advantage might be?

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