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By that reasoning, an article about Albert Einstein should be allowed regardless of the status of the site that hosts the article. If that were true, one could
by lutusp 14y ago
By that reasoning, an article about Albert Einstein should be allowed regardless of the status of the site that hosts the article. If that were true, one could get links to any site whatever through the simple expedient of writing up something noble and uplifting and adding it to the site.
It doesn't work that way.
- ColinWright 14y agoOnly if it's an article that's worth being on HN. The problem is that the "forbidden domain" idea is a pretty indiscriminate tool. And clearly it doesn't work that way, it's just that this case has led me to wonder what could or should be done instead. I don't know why this site is black-listed - we never get told such things - but perhaps a good article should be accessible, even if the site it's on is usually rubbish.
- lutusp 14y agoIt seems all social sites have blacklists -- Reddit certainly does. I've been told that HN blacklists Gawker simply because their content is so irresponsible. So that would be a case where, regardless of the content of a particular article, it wouldn't appear here. > ... it's just that this case has led me to wonder what could or should be done instead. Yes, understood. I can anticipate one possible alternative -- but to avoid a blacklist would require someone to vet each exception. Too expensive.