HACKER Q&A
📣 bo0tzz

Why are Google Groups links banned from HN?


Any posts that link to groups.google.com (https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=groups.google.com) seem to go dead immediately.


  👤 skilled Accepted Answer ✓
Easy spam target. Better to write a blog post if you find something interesting, or if it’s research posted on there then it is best to email mods and make a case for the submission.

Users can also vouch for submissions, so interesting stuff should still get picked up.