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listen here, you little shit
Cm0002:
waltzes into chat about deceptive links
clicks a deceptive link
realizes they have been deceived
Cm0002: "No, it is the person who posted the deceptive link who is wrong".
Lmao, it's less about the deception and more about where it led to 😂
Its all good. I'm glad it came across as good natured ribbing, lol.
Looks like it got too creepy for its own good.
Link shorteners and redirectors, especially new and lesser-known ones tend to get caught in the fray with things like Google Safe Browsing (which FF uses as well) and Smart Screen.
It's because the original/shortened link gets reported and not the real/destination site. Then the domain (of the shortener/redirector) gets flagged, instead of the real site.
This happened to me at work this very week, with a redirector service that's a part of our email security stack. FF and Chrome were both blocking links that were safe, because the redirector service itself was classified as sus.
Based on these ads, I do not trust the site anyway.
Love the concept, though.
Ad for an ad-blocker. Genius 🤣
Probably the only ad ever to hit exactly and only the correct target demographic.
Doubtful. If you still have ads in 2026 you never valued your own time, software, or consent anyways.
I wonder if it would be effective at blocking its own ads… 🤔
For a fee, probably
CreepyLink to CreepyLink: https://web-safe.link/root_EXyoFH_claim_gift_card.mp4
In Germany, we have https://fckaf.de/
A very good service by DIE PARTEI
Of course it would be them. Love it. Thanks for the link!
alive internet theory
A similar one here: https://phishyurl.com/
Holy shit, they're not messing around, and that's with the "Normal" setting
Also love the alleged directory structure
Absolutely scary 😬 But link "shortener" may be the wrong name in this case
I don't think it purports to be a shortener, just a susener
Pfft, I got one with TODO_Obfuscate_URL. I wish I saved it.
I totally believe this works, but there's no way I'm clicking on any of those links
Aaaaaand shady link:
A fellow student!
aaaaand rocketship 8========>
it would be quite something, if the links actually went to/through malicious sites...
It's why they have a report feature. No idea how well they moderate things tho.
Site seems best for gags with friends.
This is so funny and useless, I love it
What even is the point of URL shorteners? I always understood it as a Twitter thing, but I see them more outside of Twitter.
When sharing links with people in places where there’s a character limit or to avoid polluting visuals.
Also, when sharing like orally or showing it to someone else when you have no other way to communicate it: ex, the link of a shared cloud file
Infuriatingly, URL shortners are often used in QR codes because they have a character limit-ish (longer strings make for more detailed QR codes, which are harder to scan from further away so it's a trade-off). but if the QR points to a shortened link then it's more difficult to assess where a QR code is pointing without blindly following the link.
I think sometimes it gives people analytics on how many people click the link when the link is to something they themselves don't control. But I'm not entirely sure if that's a common service shorteners offer.
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EDIT: Please do click the link so my joke can land
EDIT 2: Sorry I'm too much of a wimp to even happy-prank people