the ability to edit titles is great. But the ability to edit the URL of a post is dangerous. - Lemmy.world
lemmy.world
1. I create a well crafted post to a normal site that gets 10.000 upvotes. 2. I change the URL to a malicious site. 3. ??? 4. Profit

I don’t know how to crosspost properly.

I think this is a serious design flaw. If you agree please upvote the post on lemmy.ml community for visibility

  • trent
    14•2 years ago

    On Kbin’s end the thread ID is 57540 and the appended text is simply a hint to what is on the other side of the link (i.e. it doesn’t change anything). This is standard practice and you see it a lot across the web
    Try this: https://kbin.social/m/[email protected]/t/57540/THLPFWYHYULHDTPUYWHDUYPHWUDUYWHUYDWHUYWHPD

      • @lich_hegemon
        1•2 years ago

        Makes sense. SE is profit driven. They want to be at the top of the list when people Google stuff.

        For a service like this tho, is that really that big of an issue?