no need to apologize . ITS TOO LATE ! TOO LATE TO APOLOGIZE ! jk <| sep |> Today is a bad day <| sep |> This article was written by a friend of mine . He posted this on Facebook in regards to itI wrote about a significant change at my work this week the Mercury content going behind a paywall . Here ' s a teaserWe put forward the case that because we believe our content has value , readers will no longer get it for nothing . The response on the Mercury Facebook page and website was largely one of anger , disbelief and derision . Insults were thrown , untruths spouted , our impending doom foretold . I moderated and responded to some comments , and initially found myself getting a tad depressed . We were told our work was rubbish , and our website was full of dayold news from mainland papers . If you took the criticism personally , it would leave you feeling pretty shattered , but we have thicker skin than that . If you want to read the full article , you ' ll have to pay for it