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Re:Arch shares its wiki strategy with Debian by abhijeetpbodas on Thursday August 14, 2025 @07:10AM (#44899039)
For lwn.net articles, aren't these subscriber-only links meant to be used only by the subscriber? Is sharing them on HN sabotaging lwn?
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Re:Arch shares its wiki strategy with Debian by rmccue on Thursday August 14, 2025 @07:26AM (#44899139)
https://lwn.net/op/FAQ.lwn#slinks

> Where is it appropriate to post a subscriber link?

> Almost anywhere. Private mail, messages to project mailing lists, and blog entries are all appropriate. As long as people do not use subscriber links as a way to defeat our attempts to gain subscribers, we are happy to see them shared.

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Re:Arch shares its wiki strategy with Debian by OJFord on Thursday August 14, 2025 @07:28AM (#44899153)
They're usually shared links (note the 'share a free link' button at the bottom, above comments) ime - I've never seen it styled like this before. Weird that it's a subscriber-only link that doesn't require login, but does for other subscriber-only actions like sharing a free link or replying to a comment.
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Re:Arch shares its wiki strategy with Debian by stingraycharles on Thursday August 14, 2025 @07:29AM (#44899168)
It’s a feature. I actually ended up subscribing to LWN precisely because of the quality of these types of articles.
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Re:Arch shares its wiki strategy with Debian by ThePowerOfFuet on Thursday August 14, 2025 @08:50AM (#44899781)
>The following subscription-only content has been made available to you by an LWN subscriber.

It's literally a feature.

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Re:Arch shares its wiki strategy with Debian by corbet on Thursday August 14, 2025 @10:05AM (#44900525)
The occasional sharing of subscriber links in this way only does us good. If you enjoy the content, please subscribe and help ensure that there will be more of it!
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Re:Arch shares its wiki strategy with Debian by pessimizer on Thursday August 14, 2025 @10:10AM (#44900596)
Joining lwn makes you a gatekeeper for lwn (and allows you to browse and comment on lwn), it doesn't simply allow you to be a reader of lwn. I'm sure their traffic has almost no relationship to their number of subscribers. Subscribers are just the people actively marketing the journalism. It's like a two-level pyramid scheme - you're spreading their journalism and looking smart, and 1/500 of the people you send it to become new subscribers.
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