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> This very submission notes that it is not just from "twitter.com", but from "twitter.com/paulg", That's not because it's PG. The change was made relatively r

by jolmg 6y ago

> This very submission notes that it is not just from "twitter.com", but from "twitter.com/paulg", That's not because it's PG. The change was made relatively recently to include usernames for some sites, I think github too. Otherwise "twitter.com" is too uninformative. Here's the announcement for that feature: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24754456 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24754456

myWindoonn 6y ago
Yes, you're correct. What I should have said is that, since we can do special things for twitter.com, we should be able to do special things for URLs which point to Sci-Hub. I don't know at which point things become legally uncomfortable, but it currently only takes three clicks to turn a DOI into a Sci-Hub link even without HN's assistance.
- jolmg 6y ago
  > I don't know at which point things become legally uncomfortable, I think that's at the point that HN does special accommodations for the use of Sci-Hub. Converting links to unpaywalled versions would be the same. I don't follow PG, so I might be wrong, but consider that this tweet is very terse. I think one can't extrapolate much from it.