Paywall at NZ Herald...
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Who's seen the paywall go up at NZ Herald?
Hopefully Rattues articles go there so I don't have to read them by accident. Hoorah! -
@westcoastie said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
Who's seen the paywall go up at NZ Herald?
Hopefully Rattues articles go there so I don't have to read them by accident. Hoorah!Rattue is premium content
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I'm sure their readership is going to plummet. I'm not paying for content.
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@jegga said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
@westcoastie said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
Who's seen the paywall go up at NZ Herald?
Hopefully Rattues articles go there so I don't have to read them by accident. Hoorah!Rattue is premium content
this is gold!
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@westcoastie said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
I'm sure their readership is going to plummet. I'm not paying for content.
I had a look and most of their "premium content" is cut and pasted from other sources so you can probably cut and paste whats visible and chuck it into google and read it for free.
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@jegga Yeh, lived in Melbourne for a while, when the Herald Sun went paywall you could just google it if you could be bothered and get it for free that way.
The Age has a restricted number of articles, but just clear out your browser history and you're good to go again. -
Just gold. You'd think you would have wanted to make this move prior to destroying all trust in your journalism first.
Hope stuff.co.nz follows suit. -
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@jegga said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
Theres a real opportunity here for someone local who wants to do longform analysis of the games, teams and selections and podcasts because I wouldn't pay to read any of the sports journalism on stuff or the herald.
Typically listen to Radio Sport I think on the drive to work - whatever station that is featuring Nate Rarere etc. anyways those guys from 1014 seem to know their shit. Fascinating level of analysis.
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@jegga said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
Theres a real opportunity here for someone local who wants to do longform analysis of the games, teams and selections and podcasts because I wouldn't pay to read any of the sports journalism on stuff or the herald.
RugbyPass hasn't quite hit the mark and there is a clear gap here for them to fill. Not only the bit the Ferald now deem to be 'premium' but the daily team updates and match reports.
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@Rembrandt said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
Just gold. You'd think you would have wanted to make this move prior to destroying all trust in your journalism first.
Hope stuff.co.nz follows suit.I certainly don’t. I don’t want to have to pay to be annoyed at shithouse journalism and human stupidity and offence. It completely goes against my Scottish heritage.
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@jegga said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
Barry Soper isn’t premium content but Audrey Young is .
Are Rattue and Paul both going to be premium or one of them going to be “ Sopered”?
Barrys wife might be pretty grating on air but she is 34 and he's close to 70, short, fat and bald.
He's punching like a Hollywood mogul.
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@MN5 said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
@jegga said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
Barry Soper isn’t premium content but Audrey Young is .
Are Rattue and Paul both going to be premium or one of them going to be “ Sopered”?
Barrys wife might be pretty grating on air but she is 34 and he's close to 70, short, fat and bald.
He's punching like a Hollywood mogul.
Attractive women with poor taste in men are my target market .
Well done to Baz , Id put money on him him dying with his boots on. -
@sparky said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
Love that the NZ Herald website still doesn't have anything at all about the massive Sam Whitelock story over 20 minutes after NZR broke it to the world for free via Twitter.
Fantastic trolling of what has become a dogshit newspaper.
I thought the Herald was supposed to be the NZRU dogsbody? Why would they want to troll them.
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@Rapido said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
@sparky said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
Love that the NZ Herald website still doesn't have anything at all about the massive Sam Whitelock story over 20 minutes after NZR broke it to the world for free via Twitter.
Fantastic trolling of what has become a dogshit newspaper.
I thought the Herald was supposed to be the NZRU dogsbody? Why would they want to troll them.
Huh? Some of their writers hate NZR and don’t hide the fact.
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@Smudge said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
I've signed up at the introductory $2.50/week for the first 8 weeks. Been a bit light on time to actually read it since yesterday, but there have been a few good Premium NZ Herald-generated pieces that I've read so far.
Don’t trust him - he’s part of BiG Newspaper!!!
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@Nepia said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
@Smudge said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
I've signed up at the introductory $2.50/week for the first 8 weeks. Been a bit light on time to actually read it since yesterday, but there have been a few good Premium NZ Herald-generated pieces that I've read so far.
Don’t trust him - he’s part of BiG Newspaper!!!
He’s a shill to big newsprint !!!!
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@Nepia said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
@Smudge said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
I've signed up at the introductory $2.50/week for the first 8 weeks. Been a bit light on time to actually read it since yesterday, but there have been a few good Premium NZ Herald-generated pieces that I've read so far.
Don’t trust him - he’s part of BiG Newspaper!!!
Well, that's actually a load of shit seeing as I haven't worked in journalism for several years, but don't let that stop you.
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@Smudge said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
@Nepia said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
@Smudge said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
I've signed up at the introductory $2.50/week for the first 8 weeks. Been a bit light on time to actually read it since yesterday, but there have been a few good Premium NZ Herald-generated pieces that I've read so far.
Don’t trust him - he’s part of BiG Newspaper!!!
Well, that's actually a load of shit seeing as I haven't worked in journalism for several years, but don't let that stop you.
IT'S THE FERN - It definitely won't
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@Smudge said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
@Nepia said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
@Smudge said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
I've signed up at the introductory $2.50/week for the first 8 weeks. Been a bit light on time to actually read it since yesterday, but there have been a few good Premium NZ Herald-generated pieces that I've read so far.
Don’t trust him - he’s part of BiG Newspaper!!!
Well, that's actually a load of shit seeing as I haven't worked in journalism for several years, but don't let that stop you.
still touchy like a journo though...
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@Smudge said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
@Nepia said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
@Smudge said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
I've signed up at the introductory $2.50/week for the first 8 weeks. Been a bit light on time to actually read it since yesterday, but there have been a few good Premium NZ Herald-generated pieces that I've read so far.
Don’t trust him - he’s part of BiG Newspaper!!!
Well, that's actually a load of shit seeing as I haven't worked in journalism for several years, but don't let that stop you.
It seems that's the issue many are complaining about.
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@mariner4life said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
@Smudge said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
@Nepia said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
@Smudge said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
I've signed up at the introductory $2.50/week for the first 8 weeks. Been a bit light on time to actually read it since yesterday, but there have been a few good Premium NZ Herald-generated pieces that I've read so far.
Don’t trust him - he’s part of BiG Newspaper!!!
Well, that's actually a load of shit seeing as I haven't worked in journalism for several years, but don't let that stop you.
still touchy like a journo though...
Just trying to match Nepia's levels of perpetual outrage.
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@Smudge said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
@mariner4life said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
@Smudge said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
@Nepia said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
@Smudge said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
I've signed up at the introductory $2.50/week for the first 8 weeks. Been a bit light on time to actually read it since yesterday, but there have been a few good Premium NZ Herald-generated pieces that I've read so far.
Don’t trust him - he’s part of BiG Newspaper!!!
Well, that's actually a load of shit seeing as I haven't worked in journalism for several years, but don't let that stop you.
still touchy like a journo though...
Just trying to match Nepia's levels of perpetual outrage.
You’re a mere pretender! You need to find your Chris Eaton.
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@Nepia said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
@Smudge said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
@mariner4life said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
@Smudge said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
@Nepia said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
@Smudge said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
I've signed up at the introductory $2.50/week for the first 8 weeks. Been a bit light on time to actually read it since yesterday, but there have been a few good Premium NZ Herald-generated pieces that I've read so far.
Don’t trust him - he’s part of BiG Newspaper!!!
Well, that's actually a load of shit seeing as I haven't worked in journalism for several years, but don't let that stop you.
still touchy like a journo though...
Just trying to match Nepia's levels of perpetual outrage.
You’re a mere pretender! You need to find your Chris Eaton.
Otago only poach your decent players
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@mariner4life said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
@Smudge said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
@Nepia said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
@Smudge said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
I've signed up at the introductory $2.50/week for the first 8 weeks. Been a bit light on time to actually read it since yesterday, but there have been a few good Premium NZ Herald-generated pieces that I've read so far.
Don’t trust him - he’s part of BiG Newspaper!!!
Well, that's actually a load of shit seeing as I haven't worked in journalism for several years, but don't let that stop you.
still touchy like a journo though...
@Smudge learn to code ...
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@Smudge said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
I've signed up at the introductory $2.50/week for the first 8 weeks. Been a bit light on time to actually read it since yesterday, but there have been a few good Premium NZ Herald-generated pieces that I've read so far.
Shill!!!! We have been infiltrated!
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As for the 'paywall' holy shit that is a pathetic effort
If the user doesn't have an account, the query should be only return the first part of the article. Instead, they are returning the entire article and using css to hide a portion of it.
That is unbelievably crap
Surely this is a temporary solution and they haven't implemented their final code??
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And to answer the discussion we removed, I don't believe it's theft as they have given you the content and then half-assed hiding it.
That extension will be against the terms of service of the extension store though, and shouldn't last long.
Seriously, that is amateur hour stuff. Embarrassingly bad, has to be a temporary solution.
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@Duluth said in Paywall at NZ Herald...:
As for the 'paywall' holy shit that is a pathetic effort
If the user doesn't have an account, the query should be only return the first part of the article. Instead, they are returning the entire article and using css to hide a portion of it.
That is unbelievably crap
Surely this is a temporary solution and they haven't implemented their final code??
A lot of overseas papers do the same .
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Seems like they've found the perfect content to entice $$ from people...
