[worewood]

They could've blocked just the comments, allowing at least read-only access to the site, instead of blocking it off entirely

[kube-system]

So could everyone that blocks network traffic for various reasons, but usually they don't because they're not doing it in the primary application layer, but using a WAF or reverse proxy or something else in front of their application... and also most DGAF to cater specifically to the users they block.

Again, you're usually lucky to even get a return packet.