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Once the link shortening service knows it's a scam they can redirect you to a "saved you from being scammed" page. (although evidence of this happening in prac
by TheSmiddy 8y ago
Once the link shortening service knows it's a scam they can redirect you to a "saved you from being scammed" page.
(although evidence of this happening in practice hasn't crossed my radar, but it's probably because I just don't click those links in the first place)
- deleted 8y ago[deleted]
- eridius 8y agoYou don't need a link shortening service for that. The website and API can just start changing the URL it includes in the tweet if it determines the original URL is a scam.
- megous 8y agoThey can redirect you anywhere. They can also rewrite anything in the URL, like add affiliate IDs or whatever. I'm sure some of them do that, because why not.