Make this article free?

Posted Jun 18, 2020 11:02 UTC (Thu) by Taleel (subscriber, #10361)
In reply to: Make this article free? by cdamian
Parent article: Loaded terms in free software

You can click on the "Send a free link" button under the article to create a link that you can then send to your friends.

Make this article free?

Posted Jun 18, 2020 11:03 UTC (Thu) by cdamian (subscriber, #1271) [Link] (3 responses)

I know, but I wanted to avoid abusing it by sharing it in the whole company or social media.

Make this article free?

Posted Jun 18, 2020 13:00 UTC (Thu) by amk (subscriber, #19) [Link] (2 responses)

Our grumpy editors would have to weigh in, but my guess is that abuse means someone publishing free links to every single article as a way around the paywall. LWN subscriber links show up on Hacker News and on social media from time to time, and I haven't seen the editors ask this practice to stop, so I think posting a single link widely is OK.

Make this article free?

Posted Jun 18, 2020 13:17 UTC (Thu) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link] (1 responses)

As long as it is done in moderation, the posting of subscriber links appears to be only good for LWN. It's one of our best ways of bringing in new subscribers. We obviously don't want people to go nuts with it, but it has almost never been problem to this point.

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Posted Jun 18, 2020 13:31 UTC (Thu) by cdamian (subscriber, #1271) [Link]

Cool, I keep that in mind.