So articles from the WSJ and NYT should be banned?
The WSJ and NYT should remove the paywall for all links originating on HN.
In the meantime, yes, they should be banned.
Another problem is some people don't hit these paywalls because they do not frequent these sites, it's usually based on number of articles read per period, so it's frustrating for some and others have no idea there even is a pay wall.
The biggest problem is won't it limit the discussions that can be had?
True.
> won't it limit the discussions that can be had?
Perhaps, but if it were someone creating Amazon links to books that automatically added the book to cart and redirected the user to checkout, I think we'd accurately see the paywall link spam for what it is. I don't think there is really anything that is covered by paywall sites that doesn't have solid coverage in AP stories or other general interest, non-paywalled publications.