@laurenshof yeah, you're right.

@laurenshof I respectfully disagree. This doesn't bother me at all. I don't find it to be rude either.

@laurenshof I would imagine people to consider such a reply appropriate in much the same situations as tl;dr, which I agree isn't very often.

My own interpretation of its popularity - and the reason I boosted it - is to convey the frustration felt being excluded from a discussion and (perhaps even more relevant) signal paywalled content as unconvincing when presented as part of an ongoing discussion by virtue of it being inaccessible.

@laurenshof maybe a better solution is to add a #paywalled or #PW hashtag to post that are pointless to click on for 99.9% of the people who see them.

Q. who is responsible is always a useful question to ask? And check this with what is the "native" thing to do, ideas?

@laurenshof

"when someone posts a link to a paywalled article, posting 'paywall-didnt read' is rude, obnoxious and simply unnecessary"

I view it more as a statement that "I'm so glad you can afford subscriptions to pay web sites, but others are not so fortunate"

It's interesting how many, and how easily, some people simply assume that all others are as fortunate as they

Or maybe they just don't care

"that nobody says so in the comments worries me"

Yeah

Perhaps other people don't share your privilege

And while we're on the general topic of posting etiquette, posting a link into Youtube (or any web site, really) with no text whatsoever describing what content we're supposed to click through and watch is "rude, obnoxious, and simply necessary"

@laurenshof Remember when Mastodon added reminders about basic social/online etiquette?

https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/22/mastodon-tackles-the-problem-of-reply-guys-with-its-latest-feature/

Honestly, they should remove the "Don't remind me again" option, and add it to the web interface as well.

@laurenshof i agree & thx for saying it. i think this culture is starting to shift because more and more of us are naming it and resisting it. I’d like to make little Instagram like images that link to a blog that explains the whole problem and taxonomy, so when someone does one of these, I can just reply with the image or link, mute and move on

@laurenshof Maybe start warning people that the link is paywalled

@laurenshof I completely agree, I frequently post paywalled stuff from my work machine because I forget I'm viewing stuff my university has a subscription to, and it just comes across as really obnoxious. If I come across a paywalled link posted here I'm interested in enough I find a way around it. Scihub exists.

@laurenshof @jenniferplusplus On the flip side, a lot of times people aren’t aware that a link is paywalled when they shared it*, and asking for or sharing a non-paywalled link can help others

*i find it deeply sad that “it works on my computer” has come for hyperlinks

@laurenshof @seachanger Full disclosure, I made an identical joke post proposing pw;dr just a few days ago. That said, I have not and would not actually post that reply—I just back click and move on with my scrolling. For me it was not about intending to make a rude reply, but rather about getting frustrated with people on here posting paywalled articles. How am I supposed to receive or share your opinion if I can’t read what it’s based on. I think that frustration is universal, hence the popularity of the joke.