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0 pointsAndrew_nenakhov3y ago0 comments

> Twitter sends Mastadon clicks to a Unsafe Link Warning page.

At the moment, it doesn't. If you don't believe me on my word, I can record a screen capture video for you.

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shubhamkrm3y ago

I clicked on the link and it sent me to the warning page. Do you want me to record a screen capture video for you?

Edit: Adding screen capture: https://imgur.io/a/RGk5Jx6

Andrew_nenakhovOP3y ago

I was talking about clicking on a link from a desktop browser. No warning at all.

...and on mobile it is beyond sensible to make a warning when leaving to view external links: mobile apps and mobile browsers do do not have the capability to show the exact url you are about to open (in desktop you call hover over a link), which can lead to all sorts of bad things, first of which is spoofing your ip address.

Hell, even we in our open source xmpp clients show a mandatory warning with full URL you are about to open, so you know where you will land. This is a safety feature, not malice! (I'd actually add it to desktop web version of Twitter too)

shubhamkrm3y ago

> on mobile it is beyond sensible to make a warning when leaving to view external links: mobile apps and mobile browsers do do not have the capability to show the exact url you are about to open (in desktop you call hover over a link), which can lead to all sorts of bad things, first of which is spoofing your ip address.

Informing your users that they are being redirected to an external link is very different from blatantly lying to them about your competitor. The text of the warning explicitly says that mastodon is “spammy or unsafe”.

I am pretty sure if someone pastes a discord link in your xmpp client, you’ll not say that Discord is spammy or unsafe. You’ll just inform the user that they are being led to an external link.

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Sohcahtoa823y ago

This sounds to me like there might be some A/B testing going on.

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shubhamkrm3y ago

I clicked on the link and it sent me to the warning page. Do you want me to record a screen capture video for you?

Edit: Adding screen capture: https://imgur.io/a/RGk5Jx6

Andrew_nenakhovOP3y ago

I was talking about clicking on a link from a desktop browser. No warning at all.

shubhamkrm3y ago

I am pretty sure if someone pastes a discord link in your xmpp client, you’ll not say that Discord is spammy or unsafe. You’ll just inform the user that they are being led to an external link.

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Sohcahtoa823y ago

This sounds to me like there might be some A/B testing going on.

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