I think it's brilliant parody. Reminds me of a typical news website from the turn of the century. (This century, not the last one.) First, it was free. Then, it was free but "for your convenience" you had to create an account to participate. Later, it was paywalled "for your additional enjoyment". Extra points for saying "the paywall is so we don't have to put ads on the page" and then later, they put ads up anyway.
Not sure if april fools'... (Score:2, Insightful)
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Did you figure that out all by yourself or did somebody help you?
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Really? Obvious troll is obvious.
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I think it's brilliant parody. Reminds me of a typical news website from the turn of the century. (This century, not the last one.) First, it was free. Then, it was free but "for your convenience" you had to create an account to participate. Later, it was paywalled "for your additional enjoyment". Extra points for saying "the paywall is so we don't have to put ads on the page" and then later, they put ads up anyway.
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Oh, you mean like ATMs were supposed to eliminate banking fees because they'd no longer have to pay the tellers...
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Yes, exactly like that.