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Dang, have you considered applying the noreferrer to all links? HN users wouldn't notice the difference. I guess the main downside would be the owner of the su
by cj 3y ago
Dang, have you considered applying the noreferrer to all links?
HN users wouldn't notice the difference. I guess the main downside would be the owner of the submitted page might see a spike in traffic without knowing where the traffic is coming from.
Edit: Thinking more, maybe not a great idea across the board. It would make it harder for site owners to recover if HN is causing downtime (hug of death).
- foogazi 3y ago> the main downside would be the owner of the submitted page might see a spike in traffic without knowing where the traffic is coming from. Sounds like a bad outcome - what is the upside to this ?
- zamadatix 3y agoFor that outcome? Probably none, that's why it's the main downside. For other outcomes? It allows the current redirect/content change strategy to be applied without being called out as a specific one-off action to person/group/site, as it is here.
- foogazi 3y ago> without being called out as a specific one-off action But it is a specific one-off action and should be called out
- zamadatix 3y agoThis is in reference to CJ's proposed change of making it a global policy instead of the one off it already is. Without that change, the downside mentioned does not exist.
- minimaxir 3y agoA large number of people (including myself) do pay attention to HN referrer analytics as a proxy for tech interest.
- RobotToaster 3y agoNoref would also mean they don't gain search engine rank from the link (wikipedia uses it for all external links, to prevent spam), which could annoy some. edit: that's nofollow not noref, derp.
- barredo 3y agothat would be the nofollow attribute iirc
- sandy_mountains 3y agoYou're thinking of nofollow
- RobotToaster 3y agoDamn, you're right, oops.