Newspaper/Publication Subscriptions: Got one? Come'on Down!
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Newspaper/Publication Subscriptions: Got one? Come'on Down!
Several of us have subscriptions to WaPo and NYT and those gift links have been great! Gregg suggested a thread to keep track of who has what and keep links in an easy to find thread.
Too also, I thought of all the times I wished I had a link to an article not important enough to justify a new thread. If there's a story out there someone would like to read, they could make a request here.
Skeptic suggested using Member Only tags for the link. Sounds like a good idea, but people can decide that themselves.
I don't see a problem cross-posting links when appropriate, that can be left up to the poster but others can share their ideas.
If you want to add your name, or have a request, let us know. I'll add new names to this top post so people don't have to scroll.
Washington Post: Slim Cognito, MN Skeptic, Kendra, June Bug, Foggy, RTH, RVInit, Raison de Arizona, Ben-Prime, Kriselda, Pipistrelle, Azastan
New York Times: MN Skeptic, June Bug, RTH, RVInit, Raison de Arizona, Kriselda, Azastan
Daily Best - Ben-Prime but not sure if gift 'scripts are available.
Any other mags/newspaper 'scripts out there?
Too also, I thought of all the times I wished I had a link to an article not important enough to justify a new thread. If there's a story out there someone would like to read, they could make a request here.
Skeptic suggested using Member Only tags for the link. Sounds like a good idea, but people can decide that themselves.
I don't see a problem cross-posting links when appropriate, that can be left up to the poster but others can share their ideas.
If you want to add your name, or have a request, let us know. I'll add new names to this top post so people don't have to scroll.
Washington Post: Slim Cognito, MN Skeptic, Kendra, June Bug, Foggy, RTH, RVInit, Raison de Arizona, Ben-Prime, Kriselda, Pipistrelle, Azastan
New York Times: MN Skeptic, June Bug, RTH, RVInit, Raison de Arizona, Kriselda, Azastan
Daily Best - Ben-Prime but not sure if gift 'scripts are available.
Any other mags/newspaper 'scripts out there?
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Yeah, add me to Washington Post. Of all the MSM, they did the most to try to stop Trump from being elected in 2016. And it's the one he hates most. And I lived many years of my life in the suburbs, so it was the paper my parents read. My dad still subscribes to the paper.
I also subscribe to Wonkette, but I don't think anything there is paywalled.
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I have New York Times.
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I have WaPo and NYT digital editions.
From WaPo i still have a list of free monthly subscrptions to give away (iff they are still supported), needs different throwaway email addy for subsequent months.
From WaPo i still have a list of free monthly subscrptions to give away (iff they are still supported), needs different throwaway email addy for subsequent months.
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Each Washington Post subscription has 10 gift links a month, isn't that right?
And yes, I am more than happy to use mine for the community, but I'm wondering how this is going to work.
For example, I keep odd hours and even though I try to read everything on the forum, if someone says, "Hay Foogy, we need a gift link from WaPo to this new story about XYZ", it might could be 12 hours or more before I see it. I'm going back to Bathysphere or wherever it is to see my dad this month, then it could be days.
Which is an unacceptable delay. And I don't see any way around that. We can't put them in a pool and authorize someone to access them.
So I'm asking for suggestions on how to make this more accessible.
And yes, I am more than happy to use mine for the community, but I'm wondering how this is going to work.
For example, I keep odd hours and even though I try to read everything on the forum, if someone says, "Hay Foogy, we need a gift link from WaPo to this new story about XYZ", it might could be 12 hours or more before I see it. I'm going back to Bathysphere or wherever it is to see my dad this month, then it could be days.
Which is an unacceptable delay. And I don't see any way around that. We can't put them in a pool and authorize someone to access them.
So I'm asking for suggestions on how to make this more accessible.
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WaPo giftlinks are 30 days rollover, each timed to its use separetly. They expire after 30 days.
Do not use as reference to original article.
ps. i wonder if they will restrict giftlinks, i bet it was not intended to be shared on forums, but friends per email or social media.
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I'm hoping the more the merrier will help with link abuse. Looks like we have lots of WaPo and NYT subscribers. And as suggested above by Skeptic, maybe put them under member brackets?
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I thought about that. If I can post a gift link to Twitter or Faceplant where millions of people can use it to read an article for free, then I can post a gift link to Fogbow. True, our reach is broader due to the participation of other sentient species from across the Milky Way (ask Orlylicious), but it's the principle of the thing.
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I have WaPo and NYT and willing to share gift links, too. Also.
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Steve Bannon was indicted by the Stat of NY. See Washington Post articale below. I'm not sure if this is where we are sharing these, or in the main thread for the subject. Let me know if I need to move this.
The precise details of the state case could not be confirmed Tuesday evening. But people familiar with the situation, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sealed indictment, suggested the prosecution will likely mirror aspects of the federal case in which Bannon was pardoned.
In that indictment, prosecutors alleged that Bannon and several others defrauded contributors to a private, $25 million fundraising effort, called “We Build the Wall,” taking funds that donors were told would support construction of a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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This is a great idea! If anybody has WSJ, they often have great stories and their paywall is the tightest. Somehow, with No Script, Ghostery, Ad Block and iObit, NYT & WaPo don't bring up paywalls. Thanks for creating this topic! Maybe put the gift links in member's only so they don't get overused.
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We're still working that out but I was thinking maybe putting the link here under cover but a notation could be made in the thread that the article refers to.RVInit wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 12:01 pm Steve Bannon was indicted by the Stat of NY. See Washington Post articale below. I'm not sure if this is where we are sharing these, or in the main thread for the subject. Let me know if I need to move this.
The precise details of the state case could not be confirmed Tuesday evening. But people familiar with the situation, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sealed indictment, suggested the prosecution will likely mirror aspects of the federal case in which Bannon was pardoned.
In that indictment, prosecutors alleged that Bannon and several others defrauded contributors to a private, $25 million fundraising effort, called “We Build the Wall,” taking funds that donors were told would support construction of a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Slim Cognito wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 12:17 pm We're still working that out but I was thinking maybe putting the link here under cover but a notation could be made in the thread that the article refers to.
Also, too, some of the folks I follow on Twitter will post gift links. I could see sharing those here too so that we aren't using up our own links. Again, under member only tags.
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And, if links are centralized, this would be a good spot for non-subscribers to request a link to an article which sounds interesting to them. If it's interesting to them, it will probably be interesting to other FogBowers. FogBowists? Foggians?
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A few years ago I subscribed to a number of online newspapers. Besides NYT and WashPo, I also subscribe to the LATimes. Like raison de arizona's comment about the Arizona newspaper, I don't think the LATimes has gift subscriptions, but I could share entire articles under the members only tag.
And folks could ask in this thread if people do have access to subscribed articles from other sites when they see something interesting. I can't imagine that the majority of you have subscriptions to the Minneapolis StarTribune, for example, but the first thing I did when I graduated from college and moved to the Cities, was to get a subscription to them.
And folks could ask in this thread if people do have access to subscribed articles from other sites when they see something interesting. I can't imagine that the majority of you have subscriptions to the Minneapolis StarTribune, for example, but the first thing I did when I graduated from college and moved to the Cities, was to get a subscription to them.
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If anyone has a 'script to the KC Star, I'd appreciate it. There's a lot of local news from back home I'd be interested in reading. I don't know if they have gift links, though.
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Just to ask a silly question… is this legal?
Looks like organized crime to me.
Looks like organized crime to me.
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Probably against TOS? Would need to review them. Shirely not an arrestable offense.
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I have a self-funded NYT subscription and a government funded WaPo account. I am also a Daily Beast subscriber, but I don't know if we can gift those.
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Re: Newspaper/Publication Subscriptions: Got one? Come'on Down!
I've got WaPo and NYT
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The New York Times goes into quite a bit of detail about why gift links work for them...
https://open.nytimes.com/a-new-way-to-s ... 66e8d7e620
The Washington Post has this about gift links...
https://helpcenter.washingtonpost.com/h ... t-Articles
Anyway, there is no doubt that posting gift links on Fogbow is encouraged by both these news organizations.
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Seems as if a lot of us have subscriptions to NYT and WaPo...including me.
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WaPo. I would subscribe to the NYT but no.