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The name of the site is pretty clear.

LaMarseillaise 10y ago
Not really... I actually rather expected it to be an article like just about anything else here. It was not labeled "Show HN" or anything, and apparently only required opening the link (I did not open it myself). Edit: I guess I was misinformed about this last - micaeked says that you have to click a button on the page.
- micaeked 10y ago
  You do have to click a button after opening the url.
  - mirimir 10y ago
    I opened the URL, but saw no button. And tcpdump showed nothing going to Google. So one of the add-ons I use must have blocked it.
bbcbasic 10y ago
Go on! Blame that victim. Edit: please don't let the down voters win.
- myaccountzz 10y ago
  "victim"
curiousgal 10y ago
It is, but seeing it on HN made me think it was "ruin" along the lines of "throw off Google interest-based ads" not "get you on a list".
- nitrogen 10y ago
  I didn't follow the original link, but maybe the point was to get lots of people on a list to show how silly lists are?
  - curiousgal 10y ago
    Maybe, but it depends on whether the location of the query is taken into account. In that case, the majority of the people who clicked through (which is based in the USA/Europe) won't get picked up as opposed to the small percentage of people located in the MENA area.
- vehementi 10y ago
  I had to read until here in this very thread to get that
protomyth 10y ago
There is a small difference between ruining ones search history and being brought to the attention of whatever authority is watching[1]. It does seem like a https://xkcd.com/576/ https://xkcd.com/576/ situation applied to search. 1) I would bet our web filter would be sending me some reports
- nqzero 10y ago
  what part of "ruin" don't you understand ?
  - protomyth 10y ago
    Ruining your search history not your livelihood.
  - SerLava 10y ago
    "ruin" is completely vague, and you had no idea what it meant until you found out what it ended up meaning. Funny would be googling fetish porn, not funny would be banning you from international travel.
joe_the_user 10y ago
I didn't click on it since I don't want a site to do anything whatsoever to me ever. But it wasn't evident at all to me that it was a site that would do what it apparently did. It seems like having a link like that on a major, moderated website like hn is a serious problem and failing.

Not really... I actually rather expected it to be an article like just about anything else here. It was not labeled "Show HN" or anything, and apparently only required opening the link (I did not open it myself). Edit: I guess I was misinformed about this last - micaeked says that you have to click a button on the page.

micaeked 10y ago
You do have to click a button after opening the url.
- mirimir 10y ago
  I opened the URL, but saw no button. And tcpdump showed nothing going to Google. So one of the add-ons I use must have blocked it.

bbcbasic 10y ago

Go on! Blame that victim. Edit: please don't let the down voters win.

myaccountzz 10y ago
"victim"

curiousgal 10y ago

It is, but seeing it on HN made me think it was "ruin" along the lines of "throw off Google interest-based ads" not "get you on a list".

nitrogen 10y ago
I didn't follow the original link, but maybe the point was to get lots of people on a list to show how silly lists are?
- curiousgal 10y ago
  Maybe, but it depends on whether the location of the query is taken into account. In that case, the majority of the people who clicked through (which is based in the USA/Europe) won't get picked up as opposed to the small percentage of people located in the MENA area.
vehementi 10y ago
I had to read until here in this very thread to get that

protomyth 10y ago

There is a small difference between ruining ones search history and being brought to the attention of whatever authority is watching[1]. It does seem like a https://xkcd.com/576/ https://xkcd.com/576/ situation applied to search. 1) I would bet our web filter would be sending me some reports

nqzero 10y ago
what part of "ruin" don't you understand ?
- protomyth 10y ago
  Ruining your search history not your livelihood.
- SerLava 10y ago
  "ruin" is completely vague, and you had no idea what it meant until you found out what it ended up meaning. Funny would be googling fetish porn, not funny would be banning you from international travel.

joe_the_user 10y ago

I didn't click on it since I don't want a site to do anything whatsoever to me ever. But it wasn't evident at all to me that it was a site that would do what it apparently did. It seems like having a link like that on a major, moderated website like hn is a serious problem and failing.