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Ask HN: Why don't you ban the dead link forever?
Hey,
I notice that dead links can be submitted over and over again!
For example, someone out there keeps sending the Google mozzila homepage. Like here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=505915
If an entry is submitted as dead, do you block the link forever, or you just allow it to be submitted over and over again, and abuse us?
Thanks!
EDIT: If someone submits a link, and you mark it as dead because it's spam, then why don't you make a technique that in case another user submits the same link again, the entry becomes dead automatically?
Also why don't you monitor a "high risk users" with many spam entries? Such users are more likely to be posting spam, so monitoring them - maybe automatically - you will reduce the spam flow here.
Also consider users with no history record as a potential spammers.
Thanks.
- alecst 18y agoI would imagine that the data on the page could change, and therefore it would be irresponsible to assume that the link once bad is always bad.
- thepanister 18y agoFirst of all, HN already has a ban list of websites! EDIT [I am not sure, but I think I read about this before] Secondly, you should note that this is for posting news and articles, and such type of stuff does not change often! I am talking about banning the link - the url, not the whole domain! And even if we suppose what you say is correct, then they should ban it at least for a while... like 3 months ban or something!
- thepanister 18y agoI really wish that pg checks this entry out, because I am tired of the spam on this website - although it's relatively low. check this out! http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=506273 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=506273 I feel that there is no spam protection here!