NewEra Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 I guess I should start by asking. Does the Buffalo News offer any Bills related articles to non subs? I believe the answer is yes, but I’m not positive because I don’t even try and find out. Every time I’ve clicked on a BN link it says sub only. I was wondering if it was possible to list the Buffalo New articles that are open to everyone on the top of the website or somehow mark them as non sub access. If not, anyone have link to the BN free article hub? I’d hate to continue to miss out on ALL on the Bills content produced by Buffalos own publication. Kinda sad
Fadingpain Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 Curious: why do you expect to receive content which costs money to produce for free? Do you also go into a convenience store, ignore the items on the shelves with price tags, and then ask the clerk where the free stuff is located? 1
jr1 Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 google newspaper layoffs. They need to charge online to make up for the decrease in sales of physical copies
Fredonia Frank Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 I have a sub to buffalo news but feel there bills coverage is weak not worth paying for. Since they lost Ty Dunne and Tim Graham as regular contributor they have no feature writers. Vic Carucci is not nearly as plugged into the Bills as he was in previous regimes as an insider. Bucky and Sully are not worth the time unless you are into angry negative narratives. The rest of what is in the sports section is information that can be gathered for free elsewhere. I would rather read Joe B or some stuff from WGR than what you find in news.
fansince88 Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 Here is the deal....If you want to read the BN posts buy the subscription......If you don't want to buy the subscription then you don't read it. Pretty simple. 1
NoSaint Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 2 hours ago, Fadingpain said: Curious: why do you expect to receive content which costs money to produce for free? Do you also go into a convenience store, ignore the items on the shelves with price tags, and then ask the clerk where the free stuff is located? We’ve had some ridiculous dudes with this stuff before but I don’t get beating up a guy for wanting to know whether or not an article is free before clicking. Seems an incredibly fair question and he doesn’t seem to be an entitled jerk about it 3 1
Foxx Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 2 hours ago, Fadingpain said: Curious: why do you expect to receive content which costs money to produce for free? Do you also go into a convenience store, ignore the items on the shelves with price tags, and then ask the clerk where the free stuff is located? yes Martha, dinosaurs still live! ...how much longer though??
BringBackOrton Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 2 hours ago, Fadingpain said: Curious: why do you expect to receive content which costs money to produce for free? Do you also go into a convenience store, ignore the items on the shelves with price tags, and then ask the clerk where the free stuff is located? He probably expects that because the BN has offered articles for free online since, well, they started online. 1
vincec Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 The answer to the question is yes. The paid articles are listed in the BN website with a football with a star inside. There are still some free articles that don’t have this mark that you can click. For example Luke Hammil’s today. These are hard to find or not linked to TBD. You’d be better off just going to the BN website to browse their articles directly.
JM57 Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 2 hours ago, Fadingpain said: Curious: why do you expect to receive content which costs money to produce for free? Do you also go into a convenience store, ignore the items on the shelves with price tags, and then ask the clerk where the free stuff is located? Some of the BN Blitz articles are free. Most aren't. TBN doesn't seem to do anything to denote which are which. The only way to find out is to click every link. If TBN is going to offer some articles outside of the paywall, they should have some sort of indicator. can't blame the guy for getting frustrated with that. 1 minute ago, vincec said: The answer to the question is yes. The paid articles are listed in the BN website with a football with a star inside. There are still some free articles that don’t have this mark that you can click. For example Luke Hammil’s today. These are hard to find or not linked to TBD. You’d be better off just going to the BN website to browse their articles directly. Just saw this, apparently I am an idiot. I also have a TBN subscription so maybe I just didn't notice the extra little logo since anything I click works
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 1 minute ago, JM57 said: TBN doesn't seem to do anything to denote which are which. That's why SDS puts the "lock" symbol next to paywall articles on the front page. The stupidity of people never seems to amaze me.
JM57 Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 Just now, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: That's why SDS puts the "lock" symbol next to paywall articles on the front page. The stupidity of people never seems to amaze me. I only visit the boards ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Koko78 Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 2 hours ago, Fadingpain said: Do you also go into a convenience store, ignore the items on the shelves with price tags, and then ask the clerk where the free stuff is located? Silly man, it's all free if the clerk isn't looking! 1
jimmy10 Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 26 minutes ago, NoSaint said: We’ve had some ridiculous dudes with this stuff before but I don’t get beating up a guy for wanting to know whether or not an article is free before clicking. Seems an incredibly fair question and he doesn’t seem to be an entitled jerk about it I’m with you. Some of the BN Bills articles are free. It’s a fair question to ask if those that are can be tagged as such. Of all the carping about the BN subscription model in recent months, I didn’t take OP’s meaning to be yet more whining for free content.
transient Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 28 minutes ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: That's why SDS puts the "lock" symbol next to paywall articles on the front page. The stupidity of people never seems to amaze me. You do realize the phrase is “ceases to amaze,” right? I love the smell of a malapropism insulting one’s intelligence in the morning. 2
ddaryl Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 40 minutes ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: That's why SDS puts the "lock" symbol next to paywall articles on the front page. The stupidity of people never seems to amaze me. or maybe they just failed to notice sed lock symbol and just needed someone to kindly point that out to them. Why the name calling ? 1
NoSaint Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 58 minutes ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: That's why SDS puts the "lock" symbol next to paywall articles on the front page. The stupidity of people never seems to amaze me. Arent you charming 1
CommonCents Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 I'm just here so I don't get fined. 1 minute ago, WhoTom said: For all intensive purposes, it could of been his phone doing autocratic. I defiantly think so. ;-) Shirley your correct. 1
mjd1001 Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 4 hours ago, Fadingpain said: Curious: why do you expect to receive content which costs money to produce for free? Do you also go into a convenience store, ignore the items on the shelves with price tags, and then ask the clerk where the free stuff is located? If there are other stores around that offer similar products that you do NOT have to pay for..just deal with a few ads to see while you walk around.....then I'll 'shop' there. There is enough Bills news out there from other sources to not need to pay for it from the BN. A few times I saw some headlines on their page that I wanted to click on...found out it was behind the paywall, and just moved on to other sites/forums and got most of the same news.
Nanker Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, jmc12290 said: He probably expects that because the BN has offered articles for free online since, well, they started online. Which was a blunder. Newspapers thought they’d drive subscriptions by providing some content online. They should shut down their websites and make people buy the hard copy. Edited January 21, 2018 by Nanker Autocorrect did it
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