[littlestymaar]

> Why would 'doc.gwern.net' be more obviously just a random document than 'gwern.net/doc/www/'?

HN only shows the domain next to the title. So now when browsing the front page we only see gwern.net as the source of the doc and initially assume it's some work from you.

[jolmg]

I don't think HN shows third-level domains, so the point is moot. There may be exceptions for web services that lend out subdomains like Github[1], but doc.gwern.net would probably still show as gwern.net[2]. If you're willing to see the URL in the browser statusbar or addressbar, then the URL path makes very clear that the actual source is arxiv.org.

[1] Example: gliimly.github.io -> gliimly.github.io https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42148808

[2] Example: www.researchgate.net -> researchgate.net https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42181345

[littlestymaar]

You're right, I didn't realize that the third-level domains that show up may be due to some kind of whitelisting.

The [2] was not a convincing example because www sound something that'd get special treatment, but then I found this one:

tech.marksblogg.com -> marksblogg.com (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42182519)

which proves you right. TIL.

[jolmg]

It's not even really about domains. It's about displaying the "author"/"source" of the content in the link:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23537725

> https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1011692979877105664

turns to

> (twitter.com/foone)

[antasvara]

That brings up the second question though, which is why someone would assume that docs.gwern.net links to a document not by Gwern.

[telotortium]

That's why I'm trying to think of a better subdomain.

- archive.gwern.net?

- static.gwern.net?

- thirdparty.gwern.net?

- localarchive.gwern.net?