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Not seeing the URL is an incredibly huge difference, on average. Also you have zero context and no hive-mind to check the link for you ahead of time.
by mod 10y ago
Not seeing the URL is an incredibly huge difference, on average.
Also you have zero context and no hive-mind to check the link for you ahead of time.
- tyingq 10y agoI dunno...you have plenty of context from my point of view. It's a site with the word "roulette" in it that tells you what it's going to do: "Submit to be redirected to the previous visitor's URL!" I knew it was likely to throw me to the wolves.
- johnfn 10y agoWell in GP you asked if there was any difference than clicking links on Reddit. I think you've found one: outside of /new (and even then rarely), posts on Reddit will not throw you to the wolves.
- tyingq 10y agoGeneralizing about Reddit is hard. There are plenty of subreddits where outbound links are dangerous or offensive. Even one where they are almost guaranteed to have a 50/50 chance of being so. https://www.reddit.com/r/FiftyFifty/ https://www.reddit.com/r/FiftyFifty/
- johnfn 10y agoI feel like every time I leave a comment on HN that is 98% true, someone comes a long to helpfully inform me of the remaining 2%. Sorry man, but that sort of thing just drives me nuts! Maybe I should paste a signature onto my posts. Something like "I estimate this comment to be 93 +/- 5% accurate. Please inform me of inaccuracies only if they fall out of those bounds." :)
- tyingq 10y agoHeh. I see what you mean, but that wasn't the intention. I'm not a reddit regular, but I know it's got plenty of dark places. I just don't get the uproar of OMG, something called "xyzroulette" that says it will send me to random places is dangerous. It doesn't seem deceptive or unexpected, that's the comparison I was trying to make. Maybe I should have compared to outbound links on 4chan.