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> Note that Hacker News traffic is included in “(direct) / (none)”, they hide it somehow.

Why does HN hide the referer url? (How?)

If a website using https (HN) points to a website not using https (the blog), then the referer is hidden. So it's not something HN is doing specifically, it's just because one is https and the other is not.

More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_referer

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