Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Paywall Whack-a-Mole

Now this is a surprise: lots of folks are trying many different ways to defeat the paywall. The New York Times is just going to have to accept that. Shutting down Twitter accounts for dubious trademark violations won't solve the problem. As long as they allow unlimited Twitter linkthroughs, they will have people providing firehoses one way or another. Tweeting all their stuff themselves only makes it ludicrously easy. Heck, just import this OPML file into Google Reader and you're set. At least until they either stop Tweeting or revise their social media linking policy.

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