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GitBook is the company blog at blog.gitbook.com, writing about programming and web. Since 2020, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Google Domains blocking all Gitbook URLS: post-mortem”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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6mentions?
6HN people?
2020–2022first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 4 in 2020

Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link GitBook's blog for its post-mortem on Google Domains blocking GitBook-hosted URLs. Commenters cite it as the account of the suspension and its cause.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Welcome to the GitBook blog — get the latest updates, resources and tutorials from our global team of knowledge-sharing experts.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Google Domains blocking all Gitbook URLS: post-mortem
    5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2020-06-04

What Hacker News says?

  1. The story in question: https://blog.gitbook.com/tech/post-mortems/06-20-gitbook-dom... ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23417046 ). Note that in that case the user content was on a separate domain—the registrar blocked the entire account .

    Comment linking /tech/post-mortems/06-20-gitbook-domains-blocked-by-registrar

    on “Show HN: Collected Notes – A note-taking blogging app I made”
  2. Submitted Google Domains blocking all Gitbook URLS: post-mortem as a story · 369 points

    HN discussion
  3. We've just published a postmortem: https://blog.gitbook.com/tech/post-mortems/06-20-gitbook-dom... let us know if you have any questions!

    Comment linking /tech/post-mortems/06-20-gitbook-domains-blocked-by-registrar

    on “Google Domains blocking all Gitbook URLS: post-mortem”
  4. Submitted Postmortem: GitBook domains blocked by registrar (Google Domains) as a story · 29 points

    HN discussion
  5. The suspension notice was definitely sent by Google: From: registrar-support@google.com Subject: A message from Google Domains SPF: PASS with IP 209.85.220.75 DKIM: 'PASS' with domain google.com DMARC: 'PASS' The email said: Hi there, Your domain was reported for spamming activities and will be suspended in 3 days. ... It may result in cancellation of your domain registration or termination of your account. Regards,…

    Comment linking /tech/post-mortems/06-20-gitbook-domains-blocked-by-registrar

    on “Ask HN: Suspended by Google Domains”
  6. Submitted A Git-based workflow for technical docs as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion

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