lunaJun 8, 2023

Thoughts on linking to paywalled sites?

https://beehaw.org/post/461597

Thoughts on linking to paywalled sites? - Beehaw

I want to be clear that this is not a reaction to any specific post, just something that I’m thinking about as I’m browsing around. What do people think about linking to paywalled content? I find it frustrating, personally–but only if I’m not currently paying for the material, because if I am then I’m logged in and likely won’t notice. Maybe it would be nice to have a guideline, a suggestion, for people posting links to such content as top-level posts to provide a summary (like on this post [https://beehaw.org/post/442327?scrollToComments=true]) for those who don’t have access? Also, I apologize if this is something that’s been discussed already and decided upon; I’m quite new to Beehaw / Lemmy, and this is on my mind so I figured I’d ask :)

Show threadExaggeration207Jun 8, 2023

It would be nice to have an option to flag something as "paywall" or "limited paywall" in the UI when creating a post. But I also don't want to clutter up the UI too much, and I don't know if enough users would use the feature to justify adding it.

If it were possible to add flair to posts, that might be a good way of doing it, and meet other user requests related to flair. Not sure how easy it is to add that, but I would definitely use that feature if it were available.

Show threadBarbarian

I don't think it's likely to have a UI element, devs are slammed enough as it is and there aren't enough new contributors stepping up (I'm trying, I really am, I just don't know Rust, Psql or Typescript enough).

Much better for there to be a community ruling about it which Beehaw members & contributors abide by

Jun 8, 2023 at 1:44amWeb
Show threadlunaJun 8, 2023

Fortunately, I do know Rust and Postgres, so this may be something I look at. I've got some other stuff that's earlier in the queue, though.

That said, don't feel bad! These are big, complicated technologies and they take time to learn. I just did my first bit of Rust mentoring at work and it is definitely a challenge, even for experienced devs.