How is anyone supposed to know this etiquette rule that you claim? As far as I know people are free to link to whatever they like subject to the laws of relevant jurisdictions.

For my part I would say that you shouldn't police other people and tell them what to do in public, or if you do it, soften it sightly.

You're not supposed to know it, unless someone tells you - that's what I'm doing.

I completely agree that "don't link to my site" is a ridiculous request - I'm not saying that I approve of it. But it's what they want - and the Asahi project has numerous problems with it anyway, so avoiding drawing attention from HN has some benefits to everyone.

My apologies if it sounded like I was policing - that was not my intent.

What problems?

Read for context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33793049 Creator of Asahi Linux didn’t like the way some HN commenters talked about the project and/or some livestreams in that and other threads, and started trying to block incoming links with a HN referer.

they do not want articles submitted as HN posts, and actively have code to monitor if such a thing happens. Do not spread misinformation that they do not want people linking to it in comments in response to completely valid Linux on Mac questions

If you think it's a ridiculous request to not link to them, then why did you say I shouldn't link to them in the first place?

I reject the notion that I shouldn't link to someone in good faith, regardless of whether they like it.

I said that you shouldn't because Marcan is a toxic and abrasive individual, and so not linking to him or the Asahi Linux project is beneficial.

> I reject the notion that I shouldn't link to someone in good faith, regardless of whether they like it.

In general, I completely agree!