I've noticed a number of sites which have "drive-by paywalls". 20 people click on a link, 7 of them hit a paywall and the rest get to see the content. It's shitty. Perfectly possible you read the site, shared it, and a random user clicked on it and got the hit.
That's the problem though is when/how do we punish content aggregators for hit or miss paywalls/advertising? It's very difficult but something that has to be considered if we are going to group ALL paywalls in as an instant legitimate down vote reason. I just think its something we should consider as a community.
I've noticed a number of sites which have "drive-by paywalls". 20 people click on a link, 7 of them hit a paywall and the rest get to see the content. It's shitty. Perfectly possible you read the site, shared it, and a random user clicked on it and got the hit.
That's the problem though is when/how do we punish content aggregators for hit or miss paywalls/advertising? It's very difficult but something that has to be considered if we are going to group ALL paywalls in as an instant legitimate down vote reason. I just think its something we should consider as a community.
I did not even know this was a thing. What a scummy way to lure money out of the readers pocket.