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Does anyone know why some posts have a rel="nofollow" in the link? (not just these no-comment ycombinator promotional posts) I asked this before and a mod said
by anotheryou 10y ago
Does anyone know why some posts have a rel="nofollow" in the link? (not just these no-comment ycombinator promotional posts)
I asked this before and a mod said I should ask again via mail, but never got a response from hn@ycombinator.com.
- gus_massa 10y agoAt some time, the post with few upvotes (perhaps < 5 or something) had the rel="nofollow" attribute to discourage spammers to get a "follow" until the post was flagged. I'm not sure if that is still the current criteria or if they are using some additional signal to enable/disable the "nofollow" attribute. Probably the mods don't want to disclose the complete criteria, because it may change constantly without warning. Try to send again an email again, but I guess you will get in the reply only a general idea of the system. If you see something horribly misclassified, try sending an email to the mods.
- anotheryou 10y agoThanks, that's reasonable and makes sense!