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Ban me at the IP level if you don't like me

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597 points classichasclass | 1 comments | 25 Aug 25 04:23 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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phplovesong ◴[25 Aug 25 06:34 UTC] No.45010894[source]▶
We block China and Russia. DDOS attacks and other hack attempts went down by 95%.

We have no chinese users/customers so in theory this does not effect business at all. Also russia is sanctioned and our russian userbase does not actually live in russia, so blocking russia did not effect users at all.

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zelphirkalt ◴[25 Aug 25 10:47 UTC] No.45012448[source]▶
Which will ensure you never get customers from those countries. And so the circle closes ...
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42lux ◴[25 Aug 25 10:56 UTC] No.45012496[source]▶
The regulatory burden of conducting business with countries like Russia or China is a critical factor that offhand comments like yours consistently overlook.
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zelphirkalt ◴[25 Aug 25 22:34 UTC] No.45019969[source]▶
It is funny how people immediately jump to conclusions, while I was merely pointing out an circular argument. People immediately think I am jumping to "aid one side". Shows much more about them than me, actually.
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42lux ◴[25 Aug 25 23:03 UTC] No.45020228[source]▶
Nobody is jumping to any conclusions except you with this very comment. ;)
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zelphirkalt ◴[26 Aug 25 13:04 UTC] No.45025972[source]▶
My conclusion is: People downvote, but why, when I am merely stating, that the reasoning is circular? Are they unable to get this simple fact? Or are they interpreting more into it, than there is? What is more likely? I choose to believe the second one.
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1. 42lux ◴[27 Aug 25 17:18 UTC] No.45042375{3}[source]▶
You realize we can't see the scores on other people's posts, right? We have no idea whether or how many downvotes you received. You're talking to people who have no interest in doing business with these countries, so I don't understand how this could be circular reasoning.

Your offhand comment also doesn't make sense in the context of this subthread. The effort companies have to invest to do business with Russia and China is prohibitively high, and that's a completely valid concern. It's not that everyone universally hates or loves these countries. It's simply impractical for most businesses to navigate those markets.