Run: curl -IL https://medium.com/backchannel/how-india-pierced-facebook-s-free-internet-program-6ae3f9ffd1b4#.r2kfhc1x1 https://medium.com/backchannel/how-ind

Run: curl -IL https://medium.com/backchannel/how-india-pierced-facebook-s-free-internet-program-6ae3f9ffd1b4#.r2kfhc1x1 https://medium.com/backchannel/how-india-pierced-facebook-s-... It is because of a "301 Moved Permanently" response code. The URL shows as "medium.com", because thats the URL saved in the HN database. However when you open it, your browser follows the redirect.