Anonymous
Post 04/19/2025 18:55     Subject: wapo "gift" articles.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think WaPo switched a while back to require even “guest” readers to create a free account and login to read gifted articles. It’s still free, but you have to provide an email address, which they then spam with ad emails to get you to subscribe.


Yes I think that's true.

I post gift articles. And a few have complained.

Register or buy your own subscription.

The Wapo's been pretty good since February. I feel that the journos are energized. As they should be. The news is insane. Please reconsider your subscription drop if you did. We need what's left of traditional media to keep working. I don't want to get my news from Elon Musk and Logan Paul.


Takes a lot more than that to get me to ever subscibe again. I felt I've been lied to for the past ten years by major media.


Oh really? Pray, why? Has your internet bubble told you the truth? You'd rather believe randos than professional journalists who have a code of ethics?
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2025 18:47     Subject: wapo "gift" articles.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think WaPo switched a while back to require even “guest” readers to create a free account and login to read gifted articles. It’s still free, but you have to provide an email address, which they then spam with ad emails to get you to subscribe.


Yes I think that's true.

I post gift articles. And a few have complained.

Register or buy your own subscription.

The Wapo's been pretty good since February. I feel that the journos are energized. As they should be. The news is insane. Please reconsider your subscription drop if you did. We need what's left of traditional media to keep working. I don't want to get my news from Elon Musk and Logan Paul.


Takes a lot more than that to get me to ever subscibe again. I felt I've been lied to for the past ten years by major media.
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2025 16:33     Subject: wapo "gift" articles.
They never work for me
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2025 16:28     Subject: wapo "gift" articles.
Just use archive.is
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2025 13:35     Subject: wapo "gift" articles.
Anonymous wrote:I think WaPo switched a while back to require even “guest” readers to create a free account and login to read gifted articles. It’s still free, but you have to provide an email address, which they then spam with ad emails to get you to subscribe.


I don’t have an account and I don’t have to sign in to read gift articles.
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2025 12:33     Subject: wapo "gift" articles.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think WaPo switched a while back to require even “guest” readers to create a free account and login to read gifted articles. It’s still free, but you have to provide an email address, which they then spam with ad emails to get you to subscribe.


Yes I think that's true.

I post gift articles. And a few have complained.

Register or buy your own subscription.

The Wapo's been pretty good since February. I feel that the journos are energized. As they should be. The news is insane. Please reconsider your subscription drop if you did. We need what's left of traditional media to keep working. I don't want to get my news from Elon Musk and Logan Paul.


I'm a PP who also posts WaPo gift articles. I am in two minds about renewing my subscription, honestly. Not because of Bezos. But because the writing and general depth of reasoning is so poor compared to the NYT, to which I also subscribe - this is particularly evident in education and science, their writers seem to be lacking basic knowledge in that area. The two reasons for me to keep WaPo, for me, would be some political exclusives they have, being in DC and in political circles, and weather from the fun team at Capital Weather Gang.

Fortunately they’ve made CWG coverage free without a subscription. cwg.live
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2025 21:17     Subject: wapo "gift" articles.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think WaPo switched a while back to require even “guest” readers to create a free account and login to read gifted articles. It’s still free, but you have to provide an email address, which they then spam with ad emails to get you to subscribe.


Yes I think that's true.

I post gift articles. And a few have complained.

Register or buy your own subscription.

The Wapo's been pretty good since February. I feel that the journos are energized. As they should be. The news is insane. Please reconsider your subscription drop if you did. We need what's left of traditional media to keep working. I don't want to get my news from Elon Musk and Logan Paul.


I'm a PP who also posts WaPo gift articles. I am in two minds about renewing my subscription, honestly. Not because of Bezos. But because the writing and general depth of reasoning is so poor compared to the NYT, to which I also subscribe - this is particularly evident in education and science, their writers seem to be lacking basic knowledge in that area. The two reasons for me to keep WaPo, for me, would be some political exclusives they have, being in DC and in political circles, and weather from the fun team at Capital Weather Gang.


PP. WaPo is my former hometown team. If people can accept imperfection from an MLB team for 100 years, I feel it's worth dropping some change on the WaPo. I want to fund a paper with more reporters in DC. There's more to keep an eye on in DC.

I have considered NYT but the price is disproportionate to my available time for consuming news. Maybe someday.

Anonymous
Post 04/18/2025 21:12     Subject: wapo "gift" articles.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think WaPo switched a while back to require even “guest” readers to create a free account and login to read gifted articles. It’s still free, but you have to provide an email address, which they then spam with ad emails to get you to subscribe.


Yes I think that's true.

I post gift articles. And a few have complained.

Register or buy your own subscription.

The Wapo's been pretty good since February. I feel that the journos are energized. As they should be. The news is insane. Please reconsider your subscription drop if you did. We need what's left of traditional media to keep working. I don't want to get my news from Elon Musk and Logan Paul.


I'm a PP who also posts WaPo gift articles. I am in two minds about renewing my subscription, honestly. Not because of Bezos. But because the writing and general depth of reasoning is so poor compared to the NYT, to which I also subscribe - this is particularly evident in education and science, their writers seem to be lacking basic knowledge in that area. The two reasons for me to keep WaPo, for me, would be some political exclusives they have, being in DC and in political circles, and weather from the fun team at Capital Weather Gang.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2025 21:11     Subject: wapo "gift" articles.
Anonymous wrote:I think WaPo switched a while back to require even “guest” readers to create a free account and login to read gifted articles. It’s still free, but you have to provide an email address, which they then spam with ad emails to get you to subscribe.


Sounds about right. The WSJ doesn't require that with its gift links.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2025 20:48     Subject: wapo "gift" articles.
Why is this in Website Feedback?

And I can’t believe (actually, I can) that someone is complaining about a gift link not working how they want it to work. BUY YOUR OWN SUBSCRIPTION.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2025 20:44     Subject: wapo "gift" articles.
Anonymous wrote:I think WaPo switched a while back to require even “guest” readers to create a free account and login to read gifted articles. It’s still free, but you have to provide an email address, which they then spam with ad emails to get you to subscribe.


Yes I think that's true.

I post gift articles. And a few have complained.

Register or buy your own subscription.

The Wapo's been pretty good since February. I feel that the journos are energized. As they should be. The news is insane. Please reconsider your subscription drop if you did. We need what's left of traditional media to keep working. I don't want to get my news from Elon Musk and Logan Paul.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2025 20:38     Subject: wapo "gift" articles.
I think WaPo switched a while back to require even “guest” readers to create a free account and login to read gifted articles. It’s still free, but you have to provide an email address, which they then spam with ad emails to get you to subscribe.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2025 19:09     Subject: wapo "gift" articles.
Really? Rats. I've occasionally posted gift articles and no one's ever complained.

Anonymous
Post 04/18/2025 19:07     Subject: Re:wapo "gift" articles.
Not always. Many people actually do post gift articles and when they haven’t, if you ask, usually someone will.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2025 18:53     Subject: wapo "gift" articles.
They aren't. They provide a headline, a photo, and a single paragraph about the topic. Nobody gets to read the full article that way. Totally different from NYT gift articles.