https://login.ic6do.com/Cvn6qa_video_player_update.pl
Definitely would not normally click
Here’s my creepy link: https://verify.ic6do.com/Y8kl04_system_optimizer
it would be quite something, if the links actually went to/through malicious sites…
It’s why they have a report feature. No idea how well they moderate things tho.
Site seems best for gags with friends.
I used to run a public link shortener. Once the scammers catch wind and add it to their rotation all bets are off. I got inundated with reports and my standing with my web host would have been at risk as well (long story). I now use Shlink on those domains lol.
Maybe 1 of a thousand redirects actually does go to a malicious site.
listen here, you little shit
Cm0002:
waltzes into chat about deceptive links
clicks a deceptive link
realizes they have been deceived
Cm0002: “No, it is the person who posted the deceptive link who is wrong”.
Lmao, it’s less about the deception and more about where it led to 😂
Its all good. I’m glad it came across as good natured ribbing, lol.
Jokes on you I saw the ad first.
3/4 of screen space filled with ads, how do you live like this?
I don’t use yt on my phone. I was actually interested what op put behind the link. I thought it would be a rickroll, but yk, I had to click it. I know, it hurts me too, seeing other people suffer so many ads. Also this is my newest phone and I don’t have the time to spend tinkering around ad free stuff.
Don’t have time, but have time to click suspicious links in case it’s a Rick roll?
You don’t have an adblocker? Wild
For a youtube app? Or did you mean on the network level? Because I’ve yet to tinker with the latter…
Once you see the XcQ it’s too late.
It’s true. If you recognize the URL enough to avoid it, then you’ve been rickrolled without even clicking it. Wirelessly brain rickrolled
Exactly what I expected. Thanks for not letting me down.
Based on these ads, I do not trust the site anyway.
Love the concept, though.
Ad for an ad-blocker. Genius 🤣
Probably the only ad ever to hit exactly and only the correct target demographic.
Doubtful. If you still have ads in 2026 you never valued your own time, software, or consent anyways.
Or maybe you like supporting creators and in general pay people for their goods and services.
I’ll just buy their products or use affiliate links or whatever. I’m not paying with my privacy or security for anyone.
I support creators I like, ad revenue goes mostly to corpo and not them so I block ads, simple
Depending on the site, TikTok takes like 80% while YouTube take less than 50%.
I wonder if it would be effective at blocking its own ads… 🤔
For a fee, probably
This is just a straight-up better version of what OP linked: https://phishyurl.com/
alive internet theory
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I tried buddy 😔
We killed it!
Lemmy hug of death
I guess there’s a pretty short lifespan on these links haha
Well, here it is https://youtu.be/Gu_hxO9iDi8
❤️
CreepyLink to CreepyLink: https://web-safe.link/root_EXyoFH_claim_gift_card.mp4
Thunder app tries to load mp4 💀
Aaaaaand shady link:
A fellow student!
aaaaand rocketship 8========>
Yeah, I’ve never understood the URL shortener idea. It’s like a box of chocolates. You just never know what you’re going to fudge into next.
One benefit/reason is to make it easier to manually type in the URL. Like if it’s printed on an ad or poster or something.
Not a significant benefit anymore especially with QR codes.
Yeah I get the idea in that sense. It’s just that you are putting a lot of trust in the source. But I guess that’s the same with qr codes but at least you get to see the destination in your camera view.
I gotta stop trying these out. The other day something to the tune of hot-singles.xxx autofilled in my phone browser the other day and I was so confused.
You only bang married couples or what?
Well, my wife and I are a married couple, so, yes?
Technically correct, the best kind of correct!
Firefox is not playing around
this got me rickrolled (after so long)
My ISP, O₂CZ (who collaborates with an Israeli cybersecurity company to “protect” (and spy on) everyone with default DNS settings) also blocks this one
Christ. This reads like something that will keylog, steal my identity, and trojan my device all at once, bwahahahaha
What even is the point of URL shorteners? I always understood it as a Twitter thing, but I see them more outside of Twitter.
aesthetics
When sharing links with people in places where there’s a character limit or to avoid polluting visuals.
Also, when sharing like orally or showing it to someone else when you have no other way to communicate it: ex, the link of a shared cloud file
Infuriatingly, URL shortners are often used in QR codes because they have a character limit-ish (longer strings make for more detailed QR codes, which are harder to scan from further away so it’s a trade-off). but if the QR points to a shortened link then it’s more difficult to assess where a QR code is pointing without blindly following the link.
My biggest bugbear relating to this is the lack of a short text alternative for QR codes, especially with long URLs.
If the URL is too long to fit into a QR code, then it’s also too long for me to type in manually!I think I like an alternative that uses full words instead of a string of no sense symbols and mixed case letters.
Something like what What 3 Words does but for short URLs. That would be easy to convey and type
That’s a very good idea.
Beside the number of permutations it gives, another benefit of using three words is they could form the border of the QR code, with the fourth side being the domain nameYessss
I think sometimes it gives people analytics on how many people click the link when the link is to something they themselves don’t control. But I’m not entirely sure if that’s a common service shorteners offer.
They also sometimes give you the ability to change what the link points to which is great if you send out a link only to realise it went to the wrong place after the fact.
I find it handy for writing down a URL on paper
Okay, grandpa.
JK
Paper may be old-fashioned but I need something light for the carrier pigeon
I’ve heard papyrus is a great medium.
Jokes aside, hand-writing and reading actually helps out the brain.
Easier to type when used on posters and other media where you can’t simply copypaste
Easier to memorize/type, that’s about it.
Replaced by (unsafer) QR codes as of late and can still hide analytics.
