[dead] 'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back (404media.co)
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That is really wild to me! Had no idea they weren't in good standing like that on here, really associate HN with them in general. Thanks though either way. Not a big deal, thought it was good story but I guess not the right audience!
It's because, for a long time, most of their content was behind a signup wall with no obvious workaround. I don't know if it still is or not. If it isn't, we can change it. In the meantime, users can always vouch for the articles that are readable and/or have workarounds.
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No no its ok! I am sure yall's system is what it is for good reason, this still kinds of turns me off I think from trying to participate in this particular way. If its worth it, I am sure someone else will do the steps. Thanks either way dang.
If I am logged in I can see the link content. ALso can see it if I am not logged in. The post says it was posted 1 hour ago.
'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back (404media.co)
1 point by beepbooptheory 1 hour ago | flag | hide | past | favorite | discuss
Ah I see, thanks. I do see other [dead] things when logged in and on the new feed. I guess I just remembered seeing it from my end as well as [dead], but when I look at my submissions, it just looks like a normal post.
[dead] 'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back (404media.co)
404media.co is auto-dead and requires someone to vouch for it. If you turn on show-dead in your profile you will see most submissions of that site are [dead]. [1]
I vouched for it and it should be visible now.
[1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=404media.co
That is really wild to me! Had no idea they weren't in good standing like that on here, really associate HN with them in general. Thanks though either way. Not a big deal, thought it was good story but I guess not the right audience!
It's because, for a long time, most of their content was behind a signup wall with no obvious workaround. I don't know if it still is or not. If it isn't, we can change it. In the meantime, users can always vouch for the articles that are readable and/or have workarounds.
See these links for the HN's general policy around paywalls:
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989
Btw, I took a quick look at the article and while it is interesting, I think the essay written by the man interviewed in the article is even more interesting: https://data-workers.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/The-Emot.... If you want, we could change the URL to that and re-up the post. Or, if you want, you could submit it separately and we could put it in the second-chance pool (https://news.ycombinator.com/pool, explained at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308), so it will get a random placement on HN's front page.
No no its ok! I am sure yall's system is what it is for good reason, this still kinds of turns me off I think from trying to participate in this particular way. If its worth it, I am sure someone else will do the steps. Thanks either way dang.
I do agree that essay is a better source here!
I can see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47353019
If I am logged in I can see the link content. ALso can see it if I am not logged in. The post says it was posted 1 hour ago.
'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back (404media.co) 1 point by beepbooptheory 1 hour ago | flag | hide | past | favorite | discuss
Ah I see, thanks. I do see other [dead] things when logged in and on the new feed. I guess I just remembered seeing it from my end as well as [dead], but when I look at my submissions, it just looks like a normal post.