When you click a link, your browser sends the URL of the site where you clicked the link to the server that hosts the link you're clicking. This is called 'Refe

When you click a link, your browser sends the URL of the site where you clicked the link to the server that hosts the link you're clicking. This is called 'Referer' (sic)[0] and can be disabled in your browser [1]. Now, the owner of that blog set it up in a way that people coming fon HN (who send a Referer) are redirected. (Another user figured that out a few minutes ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26078619 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26078619 ) [0] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Referer https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Re... [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Referrer https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Referrer