Comment on Placemark is now open sourceComments−dartos2yRedirects to google?−daenney2yYes. In their JS, they check if you're coming from HN: if (document.referrer) { const ref = new URL(document.referrer); if (ref.host === 'news.ycombinator.com') { window.location.href = 'https://google.com/'; } } You can copy-paste the link instead and it loads as expected.−josephcsible2yI remember back in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36277779 that all links became rel=noreferrer, specifically to combat this sort of abuse. I guess that got reverted at some point, but I can't find any posts talking about when or why.
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Redirects to google?
Yes. In their JS, they check if you're coming from HN:
You can copy-paste the link instead and it loads as expected.I remember back in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36277779 that all links became rel=noreferrer, specifically to combat this sort of abuse. I guess that got reverted at some point, but I can't find any posts talking about when or why.