Well, to be fair, the spam blocking is working great, you just chose to turn it off. I saw a prior run a few days ago, where they kept changing tactics, and HN

Well, to be fair, the spam blocking is working great, you just chose to turn it off. I saw a prior run a few days ago, where they kept changing tactics, and HN kept reacting and blocking - no idea if that was automatic or if dang was reacting to it, but either way it was a fun day of watching the battle go on. But as to why HN is a target, you don't need a high percentage of hits to make it worth spamming. Scams are lucrative. If one in a million viewers actually follows the links and falls for the scam, that will more than cover costs of spamming links. So they will attack any site where it looks like there is any chance of getting through.