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

Post by bookmark1231 » Wed, Aug 16, 2023, 11:54 AM UTC

nvm0n2 wrote: post #179

ilikehurdles wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seeing this makes me wonder if it's some sort of server-side header bidding ad server gone haywire, rather than something nefarious. Why would they only delay browser agents otherwise?

Probably a phishing/malware scan gone wrong then. NYTimes has Twitterbot in its robots.txt which might be related? Even if it's deliberate, I don't see how people can complain. Google has outright blocked Breitbart for years. They prevent results from that domain from appearing at all unless you specifically force it with site: and apparently HN does the same. Politically motivated censorship and restricting "reach"…

Post by bookmark1231 » Wed, Aug 16, 2023, 12:06 PM UTC

nvm0n2 wrote: post #179

ilikehurdles wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seeing this makes me wonder if it's some sort of server-side header bidding ad server gone haywire, rather than something nefarious. Why would they only delay browser agents otherwise?

Probably a phishing/malware scan gone wrong then. NYTimes has Twitterbot in its robots.txt which might be related? Even if it's deliberate, I don't see how people can complain. Google has outright blocked Breitbart for years. They prevent results from that domain from appearing at all unless you specifically force it with site: and apparently HN does the same. Politically motivated censorship and restricting "reach"…

Post by julianozen » Wed, Aug 16, 2023, 12:49 PM UTC

FireBeyond wrote: post #285

epistasis wrote: post #251

This is what I have come to expect from every person that calls themselves a "free speech absolutist." What they actually believe is that they should be able to say whatever they want and do whatever they want, personally, without any consequences for themselves. There is no grander principle than "my ability to do what I want and exert power over others however I want, without critique or criticism." I really wish t…

Disclaimer: I am not comparing Twitter to warlords, dictators or genocide. But this quote (from Lord of War ) really encapsulates a lot of what you say: > Yuri Orlov: [Narrating] Every faction in Africa calls themselves by these noble names - Liberation this, Patriotic that, Democratic Republic of something-or-other... I guess they can't own up to what they usually are: the Federation of Worse Oppressors Than the Las…

Post by hn1986 » Wed, Aug 16, 2023, 1:12 PM UTC

epistasis wrote: post #251

This is what I have come to expect from every person that calls themselves a "free speech absolutist." What they actually believe is that they should be able to say whatever they want and do whatever they want, personally, without any consequences for themselves. There is no grander principle than "my ability to do what I want and exert power over others however I want, without critique or criticism." I really wish t…

Post by dm319 » Wed, Aug 16, 2023, 2:27 PM UTC

gsuuon wrote: post #360

ravetcofx wrote: post #280

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Mastodon has been a breath of fresh air and you can get a really interesting feed going when you follow the right people and hashtags

Which people and hashtags? Trying to check it out but struggling to find relevant content. Is there a tech community somewhere? The ones I found appeared to be dead.