HACKER Q&A
📣 Jimmc414

Does HN prevent some links from being posted?


The reason I ask is the link below seems to be actively prevented.

https://worldbeyondwar.org/no-bases/

If this informative link about all US military bases in the world is not allowed for some reason, I won't persist in trying, just looking for clarity.

  👤 LinuxBender Accepted Answer ✓
Some domains/url's will auto-flag and the submitter will not see [flagged] or [dead] even if they have show-dead enabled. There is one clue however. If you do not see a "discuss" link for the submission then it is probably auto-flagged. As to why one would have to email dang if they believe it should not be flagged. hn@ycombinator.com Anyone here would be speculating.

In your specific example I see a couple of active links to that domain [1] suggesting it does not auto-flag. If you can not submit the link then the best route would be to email dang assuming you have already checked to verify that no addons are getting in the way.

[1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=worldbeyondwar.org