It seems to me that: 1. Don't send referrers at all because some sites pick up on them. 2. Don't send referrers for specific sites because we know they pick u

It seems to me that: 1. Don't send referrers at all because some sites pick up on them. 2. Don't send referrers for specific sites because we know they pick up on them. Are essentially the same, except that with (1) you're also losing all the benefits. Or maybe HN just shouldn't muck about with referrers at all. IMHO the entire thing seems petty and childish from the Asahi people (and also jwz and others), but they have a right to be that. Then again, you'll end up with lots of confusion in the comments and the work-arounds are trivial (see: all the archive links to bypass paywalls). The Lobsters "compromise solution" will result in links working for some and then not for others, which would be very confusing. I don't envy your position, but but adding noreferrer to everything seems like the worst option.