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Crypto scammers can simply switch to GitHub Pages. Can Twitter ban github links?
by layoutIfNeeded 7y ago
Crypto scammers can simply switch to GitHub Pages. Can Twitter ban github links?
- Phenix88be 7y agoWhy not ? They did it for JSFiddle. They own the platform, so technically they do what they want.
- hu3 7y agoThe backlash from banning GitHub links would be magnitudes larger than JSFiddle.
- solarkraft 7y agoYeah, but does Twitter care what its users think?
- hombre_fatal 7y agoThe low-effort snark is unnecessary and weakens the conversation. At least make it witty. JSFiddle is a pretty low tier target that most people won't miss. Github links aren't. Also, I'd imagine Github Pages is more responsive to taking down scamware, it at least requires an account, and has more of an interested in keeping malicious behavior off the platform.
- darkpuma 7y agoWhat demographic does twitter like to hire? Probably people who use github a lot, huh?
- dang 7y agoPlease don't post unsubstantive comments or shallow dismissals here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dlubarov 7y agoAnd even then, scammers can always switch to custom domains. It seems futile to block arbitrary code execution unless they only allow whitelisted domains.
- acdha 7y agoThere's a fairly big difference: JSFiddle is completely anonymous but GitHub Pages and similar services require accounts and at least in the case of GitHub they have a functional abuse team. In contrast, JSFiddle can take something down but that's where it ends unless the scammer used a dedicated IP which is easily traced to them.