Most of us are Reddit refugees, and probably clicking more random links than we ever did before on websites we’ve never seen before. This whole experience feels like the old internet, but also throws up insane red flags with a modern internet perspective. What are the cybersecurity weaknesses we should all be looking for, and what are the best practices?

Here’s my reason for posting this. As I search for new communities across instances to follow, I sometimes end up clicking a link and I’m no longer logged in. In the corner, that could be a Sign In link or it could be phishing. It’s likely due to me not understanding how to properly navigate this system, but there’s nothing stopping someone from setting up a sight like this as far as I know.

Thoughts?

  • DeadlineX@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    So just out of curiosity, since you’re the first person I’ve seen actually point out optimal linking with the ! Symbol, I have to ask how you pronounce it. For me, ! will always be “bang”, so I’m just curious what the pronunciation is.

    • KoboldCoterie@pawb.socialEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I use “Bang”, too, if I’m trying to verbally say it, though… that very rarely comes up. If I’m reading it, I don’t internally “pronounce” the symbol at all. If it was verbal, though, the above link would be bang tech at pawb dot social.

      • DeadlineX@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Thanks! That’s interesting. On Reddit I would internally ignore r/{sub} and I’d pronounce it in my head and out loud as sub. I think I’m just conditioned to be cognizant of !

        I suspect that the c/ notation will become more popular if we see a massive influx of Reddit users, and I’ve heard one of the instances (I think lemmy.world) doesn’t like the bang notation so that may also cause issues. Although if kbin uses m/ instead of c/ maybe will stay more popular. I’ve seen both but !community@instance seems most frequent.