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Re: Tell HN: t.co is adding a five-second delay to some domains

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Post by djbusby »

stilwelldotdev wrote: post #6
c0t300 wrote: post #2

you could maybe show some testing? if that's true, then it should be measurable

Test yourself, they link to their site from their profile and it's definitely delayed. https://twitter.com/nytimes

A good test might include a bunch of domains. And checking the timing on each. Could we demonstrate the delay is on t.co and not on NYT?

Re: Tell HN: t.co is adding a five-second delay to some domains

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Post by chasing »

lemper wrote: post #4

i mean, you can stop visiting the site, no? just leave, bro. it's not that hard. there are other means to connect to people.

You're right! Which is why making Twitter's product worse when there are active competitors taking big bites out of their business seems... dumb?

Re: Tell HN: t.co is adding a five-second delay to some domains

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Post by zx8080 »

pizza wrote: post #3

Remember when people were excoriating Google AMP for encouraging walled gardens? If true, this seems in so much worse faith than that.

Not worse. They are both as evil as it gets. Typical: take public resource and use it for an exclusive profit.

What happened to net neutrality? Could it applied for this case?

Re: Tell HN: t.co is adding a five-second delay to some domains

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Post by mutant_glofish »

I think that HN itself also shadow flags submissions from a list of domains it doesn't like.

Try submitting a URL from the following domains, and it will be automatically flagged (but you can't see it's flagged unless you log out):

  - archive.is
  - watcher.guru
  - stacker.news
  - zerohedge.com
  - freebeacon.com
  - thefederalist.com
  - breitbart.com

Re: Tell HN: t.co is adding a five-second delay to some domains

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Post by chasing »

mutant_glofish wrote: post #18

I think that HN itself also shadow flags submissions from a list of domains it doesn't like. Try submitting a URL from the following domains, and it will be automatically flagged (but you can't see it's flagged unless you log out): - archive.is - watcher.guru - stacker.news - zerohedge.com - freebeacon.com - thefederalist.com - breitbart.com

Good.

Hacker News isn't an open-ended political site for people to post weird propaganda.

Re: Tell HN: t.co is adding a five-second delay to some domains

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Post by dang »

mutant_glofish wrote: post #18

I think that HN itself also shadow flags submissions from a list of domains it doesn't like. Try submitting a URL from the following domains, and it will be automatically flagged (but you can't see it's flagged unless you log out): - archive.is - watcher.guru - stacker.news - zerohedge.com - freebeacon.com - thefederalist.com - breitbart.com

Well, yes, many sites are banned on HN. Others are penalized (see e.g. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...). None of this is secret, though we don't publish the lists themselves.

Edit: about 67k sites are banned on HN. Here's a random selection of 10 of them:

  vodlockertv.com
  biggboss.org
  infoocode.com
  newyorkpersonalinjuryattorneyblog.com
  moringajuice.wordpress.com
  surrogacymumbai.com
  maximizedlivingdrlabrecque.com
  radio.com
  gossipcare.com
  tecteem.com
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