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That's because HN has since removed referral headers on links, to work around this specific kind of blockage.

• kelnos 3y ago
  Hm, strange, HN seems to set referrer-policy to 'origin', which seems like it should send a referer header when going to external sites[0]? But clearly it does not. So I guess I'm just misunderstanding how that header works. [0] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Referrer-Policy https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Re...
  • yencabulator 3y ago
    Look at the link itself: <a href="https://asahilinux.org/support/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://asahilinux.org/support/</a>
  • SushiHippie 3y ago
    Look at the 'a' HTML tag. <a href="https://rosenzweig.io/blog/first-conformant-m1-gpu-driver.html" rel="noreferrer">The first conformant M1 GPU driver<a>
  • paulmd 3y ago
    Asahi and a few other websites blocked HN traffic (because of the aforementioned problems) and then HN added special nofollow/noreferrer for only these domains to prevent this. and then the sites responded with more assertive measures.
    • throw10920 3y ago
      > assertive measures This is incorrect. These sites (or at least the Asahi one) are not being "assertive" - they are being hypocritical and toxic. Additionally, nobody has the right to selectively block links to their website. You get two options: you either let your site be publicly-viewable, with all the benefits and drawbacks, or you make it members-only and require a login. You can't have your cake and eat it too.