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onion-location:

http://pablo2httpff4vogufavlmbxw4jkgb3amnywex2xdnchpztkdu2lu...

And for the OP's site

onion-location:

http://dhevt6e4rtgbtr3jh53xrpwmgtilkah6nyjujocsspssrsexc7omx...

Question: Can the .onion sites withstand HN front page traffic

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A link in a comment is not the same as a front page link it terms of traffic, and when this link is a .onion, you probably divide at least by a few hundreds if not thousands the number of people who will click on it (even the few percents who have Tor Browser installed probably visit HN using their regular browser so visiting the link requires to open a new browser — or to change your proxy settings of you use Tor the old school way).

I really believe the single threaded BusyBox httpd running on a low end mini PC in my bedroom will stand hosting my static web site without any trouble.

To rephrase the question, if a story with an .onion link appeared on the HN front page, could it withstand the traffic from HN users who understand how to access .onion sites

NB. The question poses a hypothetical. No one is suggesting that HN allows stories (submissions) with .onion URLs or that .onion URLs would receive the same amount of traffic as "clearnet" ones

For example, a NYT article using an .onion URL rather than a "clearnet" URL

NYT is probably a bad example. The only .onion site they have now is a secure drop

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