@FloatingGhost Unless you whooshed me here, I think you’re suggesting that people who find the NY Times useful needn’t contribute to its maintenance, righr?

If that’s your position, how about IHBA, then?

@babelcarp  
the heck are you on about

the joke is that you need to pay to see content decrying the loss of free content
it's funnie
hee hee har har

and even if this was some form of gotcha, I provide ihba entirely free of charge? and do not solicit donations in any way for it? what would even be your point there?

@FloatingGhost It’s noble of you to provide the service on your own dime, no kidding.

I gladly contribute to the upkeep of my home instance, and I don’t mind paying to support NY Times reporters either.

Sorry I misunderstood what you were saying!

@FloatingGhost For what it’s worth, I just read that article. What Polgreen is saying is, for better or worse lots of people have got used to getting all their news from free-as-in-beer ad-supported internet sources, and those sources have been shriveling.