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News articles hidden behind a paywall shouldn't be allowed in news communities (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Basically, if all I can read is a headline how can I consider it informative? A news headline has as much evidence as your average Tweet, and can be deeply incorrect through the use of clickbait.

I do use methods to get around paywalls, but knowing that some/most people won't, it seems counter-informative to solely use the clickbait headline to keep people informed.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (2 children)

An even more unpopular opinion: we should pay for good journalism.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Where is the good journalism at? I’ll pay for it if it actually is good journalism.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I agree with that, but am also limited to being able to afford just a few news subscriptions. Assuming I'm not the exception, it just seems to be counterproductive towards generating discussion in a community for discussing news.

People who can only view a clickbait headline also end up not knowing the context of what others are discussing that may have paid for the subscription, and could further be counterproductive in generating meaningful discussion.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Maybe the community should tag paywalled articles, such that those posts can be wholly filtered by users not wanting to see them?