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They are suggesting that a human used an abbreviation rather than making a typo.

• catlikesshrimp 5mo ago
  "Using abbreviations" of URLs is pointing to *wrong* addresses. A phishing attempt can perfectly use this misconception. This is not even malpractice. I am not saying the user in question is malicious. I am sorry to repeat myself, but URLs don't admit abbreviations
  • stackghost 5mo ago
    Oh, so you admit to purposely playing dense by asking if it was a typo, to obliquely make a pedantic argument about phishing? I hate this fucking website sometimes.
    • insom 5mo ago
      Thanks for trying. I assumed that ia.ch was clearly shorthand for internetarchive.ch but maybe one can't assume anything.
      • Barbing 5mo ago
        Assumed same. Good point we shouldn’t abbreviate URLs in case they get typosquatted? Just raised in a very indirect fashion
  • Barbing 5mo ago
    Wait was that right in the sibling comment