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Huffington Post Fights Back Against NY Times Paywall

Posted by Soulskill on from the defending-online-freedom dept.

As you may recall, we've recently discussed celebrated lamented deinstitutionalized the New York Times' stumbling efforts to implement a paywall on their website. Now , ; ! € in an effort to combat the growing trend of hiding content behind annoying attempts at monetization, the Huffington Post has taken a strong stand against the paywall by setting up a paywall of their own that blocks out NY Times employees jerks liberals Krugmans . "On HuffingtonPost.com you can view the first 6 letters of each word at no charge (including slideshows of adorable kittens). After 6 letters, we will ask you to become a digital vassal subscriber hostage clock . You may choose to subscribe to see the rest of each word individually, or choose a package to access all words of more than 6 letters." Some dudes Analysts Talking heads Mutants expect this to be a particularly devastating response, given how much of the HuffPo's content is appropriated and re-used by the NY Times.

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  1. What is this? by GoNINzo · · Score: 4, Funny

    I cannot believ* that the world has come down to this.

    I wouldn** imagin* that any other compan** would ever try this terrib*** idea.

    --
    Gonzo Granzeau
    "Nothing the god of biomechanics wouldn't let you into heaven for.." -Roy Batty
  2. Please stop! by Timmmm · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Isn't the idea of April fools to ... fool people? This is just sad.

    1. Re:Please stop! by Shotgun · · Score: 5, Insightful

      It could be that the /. editors have misunderstood and they think the purpose is to be a fool...something they try to excel at every year.

      --
      Aah, change is good. -- Rafiki
      Yeah, but it ain't easy. -- Simba
  3. So, a freeloading blog site whines... by rtilghman · · Score: 4, Insightful

    About a paywall that prevents them from being a free-loading blog site?

    Huffington Post, yet another vacuus shell that produces no value, delivers no real content, and can't survive as a pay business. How much did AOL pay again?

    -rt