Paywall at NZ Herald...

[SammyC]

@MN5 said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:

@taniwharugby said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:

@MN5 so you think they should pay the likes of Twattue more, and the quality of his writing will improve...

Ha, I don't even mention him and you bring him up.

I miss the daily posts from TR informing us that rattue has written another article (that he hasn’t read apparently)

[taniwharugby]

@SammyC good old fern hyperbole...most of the time it was MN5 tagging me to read it, so was only responding to his fishing attempts.

[MN5]

@SammyC said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:

@MN5 said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:

@taniwharugby said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:

@MN5 so you think they should pay the likes of Twattue more, and the quality of his writing will improve...

Ha, I don't even mention him and you bring him up.

I miss the daily posts from TR informing us that rattue has written another article (that he hasn’t read apparently)

Rattue or Reason, it was twice weekly occurrence sometimes !!!

[taniwharugby]

@MN5 I see you failed to answer my question though...same applies to your UNcle, Gregor Paul et al.

[MN5]

@taniwharugby said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:

@MN5 I see you failed to answer my question though...same applies to your UNcle, Gregor Paul et al.

If they each had a dollar for every time you mentioned you hadn't read their articles they'd have earnt a fortune by now.

[taniwharugby]

@MN5 nice answer, as always, such knowledge!

[Virgil]

Ratpoo was a selectoral genius last RWC (remember how he was certain DC was passed it and needed to be dropped)
Can’t wait to see what journalistic gems he has for us later this year.

[Kirwan]

It’s not that they would get better if they were paid more, it’s that because they are paid less you attract the level of a Rattue.

[Nepia]

@Virgil said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:

Ratpoo was a selectoral genius last RWC (remember how he was certain DC was passed it and needed to be dropped)
Can’t wait to see what journalistic gems he has for us later this year.

I thought the beauty of the paywall is that we wouldn't have to see his gems anymore?

I like @MN5's idea though, we need to find an eccentric multi billionaire that will kick in $1 everytime @taniwharugby mentions he hasn't read their articles. Although, the hole they leave will likely be filled by someone equally inane.

[MN5]

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[sparky]

Got to be honest, I am grateful to have back the five minutes a day I used to waste reading awful NZ Herald articles.

Thank you to the Paywall for giving me an extra two and half hours a month.

[Sneakdefreak]

So I actually tried the paywall thinking there might be something decent in the premium section (which was foolish of me to think NZH produces anything decent). Turns out most of the premium content was New York Times articles which are free to read on the NYT website. Cancelled and thankfully they didn't try to ping me with a 12-month exit clause fee.