alt Hacker NewsIIRC you can’t even read a single post without an account, it is equivalent to posting a link to a private Facebook group or whatever from an outsider point of view.
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nomel • yesterday at 10:49 PM
This is incorrect.
You can see the last few posts of an account [1], and the contents of a single posts, but minimal or no comments [2]. Videos play after dismissing the login popup.
naasking • yesterday at 8:21 PM
You can read posts you link to directly, but no comments. That's what makes it less useful.
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What's difficult is reading threads, or more broadly replies. But single posts? Absolutely fine, in fact it's about the only thing that is totally functional without being logged in.