On the aside, where's the difference between someone posting a Twitter link and an Economist link? Both are locked behind a wall, whether it account-wall or pay-wall.

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bearjaws 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

We can ban those too.

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sourcecodeplz 11 hours ago | parent [-]

if we would ban everything that is not 100%: free, ad-free, tracker free

what would we be left to read? couple of snarky remarks and maybe 2-3 paragraph of coherent text.

journalism is a job! money has to come from somewhere

	▲	kbelder 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Well, restricting posts to those actually accessible isn't unreasonable. Allowing them is HN's worst policy, in my humble opinion.

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CamperBob2 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The Economist isn't owned by someone who cheats at video games, subverts the government, and thinks Nazi salutes are funny.