Complaining about paywalls on HN is strong irony. Paywalls are erected around websites intended to make money.<p>A significant portion of the HN community are specifically building websites intended to make money. Perhaps the majority in the past, before the Elves left the forest.<p>What&#x27;s special about news sites, that compels people to complain about them popping up on HN? If it&#x27;s really a bad thing, then shouldn&#x27;t we be complaining about non-news sites that make money (or are trying to?).<p>Isn&#x27;t every YC company trying to make money, and charging for what their website offers?<p>Sheesh.