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Re:Hacker News evading criticism by selectively adding noref... by NoGravitas on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @02:56PM (#36231708)
It's absolutely super gross to selectively apply noreferer to links only to Asahi Linux or JWZ's blog, because it's obvious you're doing it specifically to spite the people running those sites. If you applied it to every link, that might be different. I mean, the receipts are still out there, people still know what's up. But at least you're not being openly prejudicial.
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Re:Hacker News evading criticism by selectively adding noref... by josephcsible on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @03:20PM (#36232068)
> because it's obvious you're doing it specifically to spite the people running those sites. If you applied it to every link, that might be different.

It's not to spite those people. It's because only those sites abuse the information. Applying it to all links would almost be collective punishment.

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Re:Hacker News evading criticism by selectively adding noref... by zamadatix on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @03:00PM (#36231765)
I don't think there is any reason it's "obvious" it's being done specifically out of spite. I think trying to solve the user complaints but not thinking deeply enough about the solution is a far more reasonable story.
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Re:Hacker News evading criticism by selectively adding noref... by Hamuko on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @03:04PM (#36231819)
Aren't the people selectively doing stuff on their websites for people with a HN referer header doing it out of spite?
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Re:Hacker News evading criticism by selectively adding noref... by birdyrooster on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @03:08PM (#36231888)
Super gross? Grow up.

Spite? You might be projecting.

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Re:Hacker News evading criticism by selectively adding noref... by Veen on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @04:06PM (#36232761)
Hacker News serves the interests of its users, not the interests of the sites it links to. It's not spiteful to help Hacker News users avoid unwanted redirects.
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