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Daniel M. ReckAnd a link to the same story, but carried by <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TorontoSun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TorontoSun</a> without a paywall... <a href="https://torontosun.com/news/world/travel-to-u-s-from-almost-everywhere-is-falling-under-trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://torontosun.com/news/world/travel-to-u-s-from-almost-everywhere-is-falling-under-trump</a>Who else doesn't have <a href="https://mas.to/tags/paywalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paywalls</a>? <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PublicMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicMedia</a> doesn't have paywalls—they work for you, the public. Consider a small donation to your local public TV, radio, or newspaper. Help them bring you well-reported, verifiable, unbiased local news.Don't want politicians, corporations, and grifters deciding what news you read? Look for public media that represents you.<a href="https://mastodon.social/@SeanCasten" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@SeanCasten</a>

petersuberI like this idea for a <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/LettersToTheEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LettersToTheEditor</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/preprint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preprint</a> server. <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12109-025-10022-y" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12109-025-10022-y</a>"Such a preprint server would offer three major benefits…: format-free ease of swift communication, increased author visibility and accountability, and avoiding the homelessness of unpublished [letters]."PS: I've sent letters to journals that had policies not to publish them, but without saying so anywhere. Once I sent a letter to a new journal that had never received or published one and needed time to think about it. Right now <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> takes up this slack and does a pretty good job. But posting letters as preprints would give authors more space, prevent even published letters from languishing behind <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/paywalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paywalls</a>, and offer better opportunities for <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PIDs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PIDs</a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/metadata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metadata</a>, and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/discoverability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#discoverability</a>. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScholComm</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehosePoynter: The Mercury News put all its news on the web for free 30 years ago. Did it open Pandora’s box?. “The Mercury News would become widely regarded as the first newspaper to put its entire content online, initially for free. The decision established a lasting expectation that online news should be free. The internet grew and grew into a daily fixture of unfathomable, unpredictable […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/05/poynter-the-mercury-news-put-all-its-news-on-the-web-for-free-30-years-ago-did-it-open-pandoras-box/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/05/poynter-the-mercury-news-put-all-its-news-on-the-web-for-free-30-years-ago-did-it-open-pandoras-box/</a>

nemo™ 🇺🇦The article discusses the impact of paywalls on journalism and society. It argues that paywalls contradict the role of journalists, aid the spread of disinformation, and disregard the struggles of working-class citizens. Access to information should be free for a functioning society! 📰 💰 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#journalism</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/paywalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paywalls</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a><a href="https://themontclarion.org/opinion/democracy-dies-in-paywalls/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://themontclarion.org/opinion/democracy-dies-in-paywalls/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseFreedom of the Press Foundation: Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow. “…news readers often find themselves blocked by paywalls from reading important stories about government business. That experience is particularly frustrating for readers who are unable to access the groundbreaking investigative reports outlets like Wired magazine have been […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/19/freedom-of-the-press-foundation-wired-is-dropping-paywalls-for-foia-based-reporting-others-should-follow/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/19/freedom-of-the-press-foundation-wired-is-dropping-paywalls-for-foia-based-reporting-others-should-follow/</a>

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Wired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wired</a> is dropping <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/paywalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paywalls</a> for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FOIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOIA</a>-based reporting. Others should follow They're called <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/publicrecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publicrecords</a> for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/paywalling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paywalling</a>* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with <a href="https://freedom.press" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://freedom.press</a> to offer this for our new coverage. <a href="https://freedom.press/issues/wired-is-dropping-paywalls-for-foia-based-reporting-others-should-follow/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://freedom.press/issues/wired-is-dropping-paywalls-for-foia-based-reporting-others-should-follow/</a>

Glyn MoodyCurrent Affairs Magazine Demonstrates <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paywalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Paywalls</a> Are Not Necessary for Publications to Thrive - <a href="https://blog.archive.org/2025/03/04/current-affairs-magazine-demonstrates-paywalls-are-not-necessary-for-publications-to-thrive/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.archive.org/2025/03/04/current-affairs-magazine-demonstrates-paywalls-are-not-necessary-for-publications-to-thrive/</a> "the publication relies on traffic from social media to attract new readers."

Nicole HennigCurrent Affairs Magazine Demonstrates Paywalls Are Not Necessary for Publications to Thrive | Internet Archive Blogs <a href="https://blog.archive.org/2025/03/04/current-affairs-magazine-demonstrates-paywalls-are-not-necessary-for-publications-to-thrive/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.archive.org/2025/03/04/current-affairs-magazine-demonstrates-paywalls-are-not-necessary-for-publications-to-thrive/</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publishing</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/paywalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paywalls</a>

doctorambientFuck you, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencedirect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencedirect</a>! You know what you did.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publishing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencepublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencepublishing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wasteoftime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wasteoftime</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paywalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paywalls</a> suck, even when you pay!

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Looks like <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/paywalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paywalls</a> are coming soon to a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/subreddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#subreddit</a> near you What do Redditors think? Well, it wouldn't be <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reddit</a> if they were happy "It's a work in progress right now – that one's coming," Huffman said. When asked by another redditor if those paid subreddits would be coming in #2025, Huffman acknowledged that's likely the case, along with a broader rollout of Reddit Answers, the site's AI search feature. <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/18/paywalls_reddit/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/18/paywalls_reddit/</a>

Sebiturbo💉💉💉💉💉🌱🇺🇦<a href="https://d-64.social/@henningtillmann" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@henningtillmann</a> Ich blöke schon die ganze Zeit herum, wegen der <a href="https://muenchen.social/tags/Paywalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Paywalls</a>. Da sitzen Oldschool-Verleger, die gewöhnt waren, dass sie am 1.1. von den Abonnenten das gesamte Geld, dass sie für ein Jahr benötigen um die Zeitung zu drucken auf dem Konto haben. Sowas wie ein Faktencheck muss man freischalten für alle. Es gibt moderne Erlösmodelle die gut funktionieren. Ich würde gerne ab + zu mal 50 Cent für einen Artikel bezahlen, ohne nachzuhalten, wo ich irgendein Probeabo kündigen muss.

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseUniversity of Michigan: Paywalls influence newspaper coverage. “A new University of Michigan study found that paywalls influence content coverage, as newspapers, on average, reduced their local news coverage by 5.1% post-paywall. The study’s researchers interpreted this as a strategic shift toward more widely appealing content.”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/02/university-of-michigan-paywalls-influence-newspaper-coverage/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/02/university-of-michigan-paywalls-influence-newspaper-coverage/</a>

Inautilo<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Business</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trends</a> The closed web · “The broader trend toward a more closed web remains deeply concerning.” <a href="https://ilo.im/161yvz" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ilo.im/161yvz</a>_____ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenWeb</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClosedWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClosedWeb</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigWeb</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Websites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Websites</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Adoption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Adoption</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Visibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Visibility</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paywalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Paywalls</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bots</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/APIs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#APIs</a>

Tobias ZeumerDer BibBot (<a href="https://stefanw.github.io/bibbot/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stefanw.github.io/bibbot/</a>; "Browser-Erweiterung, um Premiumangebote deutscher Nachrichtenseiten über Ihren Bibliothekszugang zu nutzen.") von <a href="https://chaos.social/@stwe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@stwe</a> ist immer wieder super, wenn dann bei einer "+"-Seite (Paywall) doch der Artikel in der Seite auftaucht.Vielleicht kann <a href="https://openbiblio.social/@Lambo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Lambo</a> nochmal sagen, wie man ihn im mobilen Firefox nutzt - da gab es mal eine Post, wo das erwähnt wurde. Ich bin da aber zu blöd... :)<a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/BibBot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BibBot</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/bibliotheken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bibliotheken</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/paywall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paywall</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/paywalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paywalls</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#firefox</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chrome</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/safari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#safari</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/addon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#addon</a>

doctorambientToday's total time loss to academic/scientific paywalls:~ 1 hour. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencepublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencepublishing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paywall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paywall</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paywalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paywalls</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openaccesspublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openaccesspublishing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lablife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lablife</a>

RolandÇa parle d’accessibilité à longueur de temps mais vous prévenez toujours pas des <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/paywalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paywalls</a>

Andrew Jon ThomsonWe need to talk about how <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paywalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paywalls</a> contributed to our current <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascist</a> nightmare, which is so clearly and utterly dependent on lack of access to accurate professional <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#journalism</a>.You know where there are no paywalls? On right wing recruitment podcasts, social media and online videos.

Tombe la pluie - TheespookjeSome other cool places are ofc Research Gate, and Academia(.)edu J-stor... There's others that need to be shared with caution like Sci-Hub, unpaywall, but those are already terrific ressources to access knowledge on a wide range of subjects and languages <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/freeinternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freeinternet</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/paywalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paywalls</a>

Felix 🇺🇦🚴‍♂️🇨🇦🇬🇱🇩🇰🇲🇽🇵🇦 🇪🇺Vielleicht eine unpopuläre Meinung, aber ich habe prinzipiell nichts gegen <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Paywalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Paywalls</a> (über <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Paypal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Paypal</a>, Kreditkarte oder sogar <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Wero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wero</a>) denn für guten Journalismus zahle ich gerne. Bitte lasst mich doch endlich für Eure Inhalte bezahlen!Mich nerven nur <a href="https://norden.social/tags/AboWalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AboWalls</a> und <a href="https://norden.social/tags/RegistrierungsPflichtWalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RegistrierungsPflichtWalls</a>. Wenn so etwas kommt, verlasse ich die Seite sofort wieder. Liebe Medien kommt mal endlich damit klar dass sich die Konsumgewohnheiten grundlegend geändert haben.

soloojos (GotoSocial)<a href="https://social.bakunin.nohost.me/tags/13ft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#13ft</a> is an <a href="https://social.bakunin.nohost.me/tags/12ft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#12ft</a> ladder <a href="https://social.bakunin.nohost.me/tags/selfhosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SelfHosted</a> alternative that allows you to bypass some <a href="https://social.bakunin.nohost.me/tags/paywalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Paywalls</a> and read the article content anyway.<a href="https://13ft.wasimaster.me/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://13ft.wasimaster.me/</a><a href="https://github.com/wasi-master/13ft" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/wasi-master/13ft</a><a href="https://social.bakunin.nohost.me/tags/yunohost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Yunohost</a>: <a href="https://apps.yunohost.org/app/13ft" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apps.yunohost.org/app/13ft</a><a href="https://social.bakunin.nohost.me/tags/selfhost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Selfhost</a> <a href="https://social.bakunin.nohost.me/tags/autoalojamiento" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AutoAlojamiento</a>

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