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People downvoting -- do you like it when people post paywalled links?

The HN policy on paywalls is described in 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

Thanks for at least giving me a straight answer instead of simply downvoting. I do find that policy annoying, though I'm apparently not allowed to talk about it.

Users usually post workarounds in the thread (though not so much when a simple incognito window is all that's needed).

There's more explanation here:

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

https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...

There’s policy and there’s community. People in the community are very opposed to the future we enable when we encourage paywalls.

Some people are, and some people think the opposite.