Everyone else a) paid their way (as if), b) got a free pass as they don't generally read articles, c) used that new trick for bypassing the article that only people who read articles know about or d) just blurted their opinion without reading the article.

I know there have been changes on the internet lately and there is only so much that one can 'stalk' in someone's browser, but is it possible to have a comment system where you can only comment if the article is in the browser history, with that page having been visited at least three minutes before the comment is submitted?

If I go shopping online then I jump straight to the reviews and decide to buy on that basis. the 'shoddy' product description sometimes doesn't get a glance over. On HN I find some articles are the same, the real insights are in the comments so paywalled does not deter, the real insights will be in the comments.