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hotshu's avatar
hotshu
New Poster
7 years ago

Useless headlines

Why does Hughesnet open with a series of suggested news stories, but when the user clicks on them, he is informed "page not found"?  If you are not providing access to these stories, why feature them?  This problem has escalated dramatically in just the past few days!

  • maratsade's avatar
    maratsade
    Distinguished Professor IV
    7 years ago
    I checked the ones you PMd me, and you’re right, they’re dead. I think it has to do with the news feed, which is provided by someone else and not HughesNet. I’m not sure if HughesNet can do anything about this, but the reps will be back on Monday and they may be able to do something, like contact their provider.
    • GabeU's avatar
      GabeU
      Distinguished Professor IV
      7 years ago

      I just tried a bunch and they all worked.  If they aren't, it's most likely that the address of the story changed or something of that nature.  I believe the stories are put on the page by an automated system, so it's likely that the problem is at the source rather than HughesNet.  

      • maratsade's avatar
        maratsade
        Distinguished Professor IV
        7 years ago

        I found one of the stories by going to the source, so I imagine it's possible that the source changed the URL and that the feed was trying to pull from the old URL.  Not sure if HN can do anything about that.