I tried to search faq how to block people but couldn't find any info. How do I d...

akvadrako · 2024-11-06T20:56:48 1730926608

The site doesn't need to follow the laws of every country on earth. If they had paid advertisers from EU it would be different.

mise_en_place · 2024-11-06T20:48:29 1730926109

HN is a pretty high trust site, I'd hope the community is still mature enough to self-moderate. Then again I was here when Terry would post his (admittedly) entertaining rants, the epic Michael O'Church essays, and flamewars between idlewords and pg. Maybe it always allowed for a little bit of funposting, in moderation.

shkkmo · 2024-11-06T20:55:37 1730926537

Which EU laws do you think mandate a 'block' feaure on HN?

dpifke · 2024-11-06T22:18:56 1730931536

I use uBlock Origin cosmetic filters for blocking trolls on here. Something like:

  news.ycombinator.com##:matches-path(/^/item\?id=/) tr a.hnuser:has-text(/^dpifke$/):upward(tr)

tantalor · 2024-11-06T21:21:06 1730928066

That rule doesn't exist.

JacobThreeThree · 2024-11-06T21:23:02 1730928182

There's no "block user" requirement in the EU DSA.

AnonMO · 2024-11-06T21:13:28 1730927608

A brilliant idea some startup accelerator in the EU can create a platform that conforms to EU laws. It can't be that hard, given that the UI hasn't changed much in a decade or more. I can already see it "Hacker news, but hosted in the EU with Swiss privacy and is GDPR compliant".