For one, I don't believe this place fosters a hostile environment, although it's definitely a place where people love to tell you how you're technically wrong about something.
For another, I would guess that there are a very limited number of websites that would opt into this sort of anti-traffic behavior. Hacker news could certainly choose to honor it, but it also feels within their right to bypass the block.
I wonder if there's a sort of middle ground, where HN alerts the user of the redirect that would have occurred, but still shoots the user to the desired location.
But now you're getting into user flows and begging the question as to why the redirect is there in the first place.
I'd love to know more about the perceived hostility, even reading up on Mastodon left me with more questions than answers.
It’s not limited to the Asahi project, either. The site isn’t safe for queer folks.
Could you be so kind as to link me to an example?
People have discussed Marcan's anime alter ego, certainly, but I've never seen anything transphobic in the slightest. Maybe it's all flagged before I get to see it, but I honestly can't figure out what you might even be referring to. I enjoy reading Asahi updates when they come up, so I am unsure how I could be missing something so 'constant'.
> It’s not limited to the Asahi project, either. The site isn’t safe for queer folks.
As a 'queer person' myself, I find that statement utterly ludicrous and I reject it completely.