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This seems to be a persistent problem. Can you modify the site's code to autodead comments to my blog that contain the word "furry" or something? It is tiring t
by xena 3y ago
This seems to be a persistent problem. Can you modify the site's code to autodead comments to my blog that contain the word "furry" or something? It is tiring to continue to see people that are NOT in my intended target audience complain that I'm not catering to their every need.
If you didn't make everything noreferrer I could just add a "no fun allowed" bit of JavaScript or server-side Rust code to replace the "objectionable images" with random emoji or pictures of innocuous food or something, but I can't do that.
- lloydatkinson 3y agoI'm not sure what target audience you believe you have if "fan of weird furry anime" tech posts contain details that would also not be relevant or of interest to hacker news users. It is possible to detect if the user came from HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24429725 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24429725
- xena 3y agoNot anymore, all links are noreferrer now.
- dang 3y agoI'm not sure it was the right call and am open to maybe putting it back the way it was. It's a point that is unusually unclear - something ends up sucking no matter what we do. I don't think we'd implement technical solutions like autodead comments of class X on site Y. Those things are too brittle and trying to get around the community with technical tricks is asking for trouble anyhow.
- xena 3y agoDo I need to email you with more details about my usecase? I'm seriously considering having hacker News referers use some absolutely terrible Medium clone CSS with absolutely no soul just to stop the harassment that you are facilitating via moderation inaction.
- lloydatkinson 3y agoWould some more weird anime furry images help?