(I don't see a point in not mentioning it by name, but maybe I'm missing something.)
One thing to note is that there's actually two Nyaa sites, so it's important to not confuse the two.
The original jumped several domains, and closed down in May 2017 (last domain was nyaa.se). The "current Nyaa", nyaa.si, is a clone site that launched shortly after, and hasn't changed any domains.
With the original, I recall the domains jumped were linked to various legislative changes in Europe, with the shutdown in 2017 likely due to similar reasons.
I get that HN is run by VC people and their business model specifically relies on monopolization, but... I mean, come on. They can't actually believe that their actions are prosocial or even beneficial to the consumer, can they? I don't mean the basic idea of there being a copyright system, but the specific situation that we have where everything owned by someone else and customers have to permanently rent out their own culture. You've either deluded yourself into thinking that the international copyright bargain set up in the 1970s is still somehow the best possible option in 2023, or you're a cartoon supervillain called "Fuck You, Pay Me" Man.
I do not understand why you'd self-censor on this basis alone.
you're missing how even more attention towards something that has had legal troubles in the past might add fuel to the fire?
or, from the opposite side of the aisle : you're missing how rebroadcasting piracy sources might hinder the anime industry?
feels obvious to me, from either angle.