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Where is it appropriate to post a subscriber link?

Almost anywhere. Private mail, messages to project mailing lists, and blog entries are all appropriate. As long as people do not use subscriber links as a way to defeat our attempts to gain subscribers, we are happy to see them shared.

Ok then, unflagged. Thanks for the clarification.

LWN's editor has repeatedly said he doesn't mind the occasional subscriber link being posted here.

FTA:

"The following subscription-only content has been made available to you by an LWN subscriber."

Was that not there 15 minutes ago?

By saying "subscriber only content shared by a subscriber", made me think it could be a subscriber-to-subscriber thing. But well, someone else cited how this assumption was wrong.

They should phrase it in a less ambiguous way.

The actual content was in fact made available by a subscriber.