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It’s worth mentioning that this discrimination is sadly necessary. Tor amounts to a massive open proxy, and just about any service that requires accounts (and m
by Karunamon 8y ago
It’s worth mentioning that this discrimination is sadly necessary. Tor amounts to a massive open proxy, and just about any service that requires accounts (and many that don’t, like IRC or image boards) looks down on open proxies as primary abuse sources.
As someone who has run both an image board and a decent IRC server in the past, it’s a choice between heavily scrutinizing tor connections or banning them outright.
- mirimir 8y agoHN allows Tor access. I don't know about account creation, though. I suppose that it might create shadowbanned accounts.
- wx13p 8y agoIt works.
- Jaruzel 8y agowx13p 7 hours ago [dead] [-] It works. Apparently not.
- mirimir 8y agoYes, that account was automatically shadowbanned. But someone did a manual override. I am impressed. HN does allow throwaway accounts, when necessary to post anonymously. And making that possible via Tor is admirable. There's certainly potential for abuse. I see occasional spam, and angry insults, but nowhere near as much as one might expect. Which suggests either that shadowbanning works well enough, or efficient moderation.