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Edward Snowden: The Internet Is Broken

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Re: Edward Snowden: The Internet Is Broken

#2
>hello,

>You are receiving this error message because your ip (89.234.157.254) is listed in the StopForumSpam.com database.

>You can check the status of your IP and have it removed by visiting http://www.stopforumspam.com/removal. Thank you.

It's kind of ironical that they are quoting Snowden and their own site blocks Tor.

E: didn't HN used to have markdown quoting?

Re: Edward Snowden: The Internet Is Broken

#4

>hello, >You are receiving this error message because your ip (89.234.157.254) is listed in the StopForumSpam.com database. >You can check the status of your IP and have it removed by visiting http://www.stopforumspam.com/removal . Thank you. It's kind of ironical that they are quoting Snowden and their own site blocks Tor. E: didn't HN used to have markdown quoting?

It's not really ironic - Tor is used for spam all the time.

Re: Edward Snowden: The Internet Is Broken

#5

>hello, >You are receiving this error message because your ip (89.234.157.254) is listed in the StopForumSpam.com database. >You can check the status of your IP and have it removed by visiting http://www.stopforumspam.com/removal . Thank you. It's kind of ironical that they are quoting Snowden and their own site blocks Tor. E: didn't HN used to have markdown quoting?

Case in point for the article title..

Re: Edward Snowden: The Internet Is Broken

#6

>hello, >You are receiving this error message because your ip (89.234.157.254) is listed in the StopForumSpam.com database. >You can check the status of your IP and have it removed by visiting http://www.stopforumspam.com/removal . Thank you. It's kind of ironical that they are quoting Snowden and their own site blocks Tor. E: didn't HN used to have markdown quoting?

There's only been https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc

Re: Edward Snowden: The Internet Is Broken

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post #4

>hello, >You are receiving this error message because your ip (89.234.157.254) is listed in the StopForumSpam.com database. >You can check the status of your IP and have it removed by visiting http://www.stopforumspam.com/removal . Thank you. It's kind of ironical that they are quoting Snowden and their own site blocks Tor. E: didn't HN used to have markdown quoting?

It's not really ironic - Tor is used for spam all the time.

Just like VPNs, proxies and abuse tolerant networks.

If you can't prevent the spam by other means than IP blocking then maybe you should make your website read-only.

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