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Nontechnical users whom we are trying to train to parse and understand URLs. And to avoid those which are outside the norm, even when received from known conta
by dingaling 9y ago
Nontechnical users whom we are trying to train to parse and understand URLs. And to avoid those which are outside the norm, even when received from known contacts.
"Haha it's just a joke, click it" undermines that. Just like it would dilute an AI's training.
- zingmars 9y agoIf the user isn't looking at the URLs then no way a joke like this is going to change heir habits. If anything, they might notice when it's pointed out and they might consider looking at the URLs in the future, though unlikely, as a single experience isn't enough to be habit forming.
- bryanrasmussen 9y agoYes, my point, really anyone who looks at urls if this became prevalent couldn't trust their intuition - maybe trusting intuition isn't a good thing anyway. For some reason though I got minus 4 points for what seemed like a reasonably clear and uncontroversial observation.
- jstanley 9y agoIt's just a joke. It's not going to become prevalent, and nobody is going to use it for anything serious. I don't see any harm in doing things like this.
- pjc50 9y agoI think the whole point of the joke is that URL shorteners have already made it impossible to look at URLs and intuit anything about where they lead and how reliable they are. e.g. the "t.co" through which all twitter links are blinded.
- bryanrasmussen 9y agoI didn't get that but it does add another dimension to the joke.
- dingaling 9y agoIf so, why permit any arbitrary target for this 'joke' tool? Instead have it resolve all links to a page that says 'don't click on shortened URLs'. You get your joke and curious recipients get a lesson. I'm sure this was fun to program but beyond that I don't think it should be disseminated.
- pjc50 9y agoshrug It's the web. Any link can redirect you to any other link.
- jstanley 9y agoPerhaps we should start a rival service. It gives you urls like https://upstandingcitizenry.com/peace-and-love-and-ponies https://upstandingcitizenry.com/peace-and-love-and-ponies except instead of redirecting you to a safe URL, it drive-by downloads some malware, fills your screen with porn popups, and uses your CPU for monero mining. Maybe that would spread your message better? You obviously don't get the joke. The joke is that it looks shady but is actually perfectly fine. If every URL tells you "don't click on things that look shady", then the joke is gone.
- dwighttk 9y agoprobably improve a real AI's training