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Re:Letting users skip our paywall if they wrote an apology by ambrosite on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @01:44AM (#15591327)
> it's not worth the "cognitive cost" to make a comment

Their comment form requires login or signup. I'm already signed up and logged in here. That's reason enough for me to post here and not there. I would never create an account just to leave a comment unless it was someplace where I intended to visit and comment often.

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Re:Letting users skip our paywall if they wrote an apology by miranda_rights on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @02:47AM (#15591481)
Not only that, but by now I've figured out that the comment sections of most sites are toxic with little, if any, moderation. HN has a good moderation set-up, respectful members, etc. I try to avoid even reading the comments of other websites since they just end up being depressing.
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Re:Letting users skip our paywall if they wrote an apology by test1235 on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @05:12AM (#15591857)
BBC is especially depressing.
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Re:Letting users skip our paywall if they wrote an apology by redblacktree on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @10:51AM (#15593630)
You should try Fox News.
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Re:Letting users skip our paywall if they wrote an apology by sitkack on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @02:29AM (#15591447)
So if true federated non-statist, non-corp entity login actually worked we would probably comment freely and purchase stuff in 0.10-0.50 increments? Mozilla should be a payments platform.
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Re:Letting users skip our paywall if they wrote an apology by pjc50 on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @06:38AM (#15592158)
The browser vendors are the only actors who might be able to make this work.
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Re:Letting users skip our paywall if they wrote an apology by majewsky on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @03:24PM (#15595819)
Seeing how Google makes basically all its money from internet ads, I don't think they have any interest to enable other monetization schemes. (Unless, of course, something makes them believe that ads are going to become unattractive and they need to pivot.)
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Re:Letting users skip our paywall if they wrote an apology by thinkloop on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @04:05AM (#15591671)
I like the idea of no registration by having the browser locally generate a public/private key pair for use on the site.
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