Ask HN: Why HN didn't make it mandatory to accept only HTTPS links?

Not all links work with HTTPS, some can only be read or accessed via Http.

sanmak · 5 years ago

The way HN is moderated today to accept only quality content, in the similar way, HN can mandatories HTTPS. Then people will start porting sites to HTTPS soon. There will be a clash but it's for good.

krapp · 5 years ago

HTTPS isn't a signifier of content quality, so mandating it would not be 'good' in any sense that's relevant to the community.

For the same reason Hacker News doesn't categorically ban articles behind a paywall, provided a workaround exists.

Daho0n · 5 years ago

Are there any use-case for http links on HN in 2021?

Bucephalus355 · 5 years ago

I normally don't side with less security, but yes.

Historical internet websites come to mind. These are posted from time to time here.

bitxbitxbitcoin · 5 years ago

I noticed many Ham radio operators run their personal blogs with the name of their call sign on http.