Twitter is rejecting posts containing JSFiddle URLs • Hacker News Board

Re: Twitter is rejecting posts containing JSFiddle URLs

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Post by codedokode » Fri, Jun 07, 2019, 8:53 AM UTC

vermontdevil wrote: post #4

It’s due to crypto scammers using it. From the founder’s post: At some point in the past crypto scammers used JSFiddle to host pages with a wallet code and posted links to that on Twitter. Due to the nature of JSFiddle, anyone can post anything, so wallet codes are ok – we did implemented a content filter to shadow-ban these. I asked Twitter if they they could help out and ban twitter accounts that were posting scam…

I don't understand how posting a "wallet code" is dangerous. Is it mining coins while you are browsing the code? Then it just a minor annoyance. Also, browsers should block cryptominers when they are in the background tab.

Re: Twitter is rejecting posts containing JSFiddle URLs

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Post by layoutIfNeeded » Fri, Jun 07, 2019, 8:53 AM UTC

vermontdevil wrote: post #4

It’s due to crypto scammers using it. From the founder’s post: At some point in the past crypto scammers used JSFiddle to host pages with a wallet code and posted links to that on Twitter. Due to the nature of JSFiddle, anyone can post anything, so wallet codes are ok – we did implemented a content filter to shadow-ban these. I asked Twitter if they they could help out and ban twitter accounts that were posting scam…

Crypto scammers can simply switch to GitHub Pages. Can Twitter ban github links?

Re: Twitter is rejecting posts containing JSFiddle URLs

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Post by FreeHugs » Fri, Jun 07, 2019, 8:54 AM UTC

vermontdevil wrote: post #4

It’s due to crypto scammers using it. From the founder’s post: At some point in the past crypto scammers used JSFiddle to host pages with a wallet code and posted links to that on Twitter. Due to the nature of JSFiddle, anyone can post anything, so wallet codes are ok – we did implemented a content filter to shadow-ban these. I asked Twitter if they they could help out and ban twitter accounts that were posting scam…

What is "a wallet code"?

Re: Twitter is rejecting posts containing JSFiddle URLs

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Post by djsumdog » Fri, Jun 07, 2019, 8:59 AM UTC

JSFiddle is big. They tried. They voiced concerns. They asked foe help. They got a ban with no explanation.

Please just join the fediverse. It's broken too, but if you get banned, at least you can open an alt on another server.

Force Twitter to be irrelevant.

Re: Twitter is rejecting posts containing JSFiddle URLs

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Post by mattigames » Fri, Jun 07, 2019, 9:00 AM UTC

ecares wrote: post #2

I feel it's actually pretty fair. Not perfect, but keeps users safe

Except they will now use github pages; and if they block all github pages (github.io) they will use codepen or repl.it or tumblr (custom templates), and so on until thousands of page are blocked.

Re: Twitter is rejecting posts containing JSFiddle URLs

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Post by lifthrasiir » Fri, Jun 07, 2019, 9:01 AM UTC

ecares wrote: post #2

I feel it's actually pretty fair. Not perfect, but keeps users safe

There are tons of other websites you can host a crypto script. If Twitter really wants to keep users safe, they should implement a mandatory warning (I've seen this being referred as a "cushioning" page) instead of having a questionable blacklist.

Re: Twitter is rejecting posts containing JSFiddle URLs

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Post by tomglynch » Fri, Jun 07, 2019, 9:02 AM UTC

FreeHugs wrote: post #13

vermontdevil wrote: post #4

It’s due to crypto scammers using it. From the founder’s post: At some point in the past crypto scammers used JSFiddle to host pages with a wallet code and posted links to that on Twitter. Due to the nature of JSFiddle, anyone can post anything, so wallet codes are ok – we did implemented a content filter to shadow-ban these. I asked Twitter if they they could help out and ban twitter accounts that were posting scam…

What is "a wallet code"?

I assume they mean a mining script - so that the person running the jsfiddle would be mining cryptocurrencies, and the proceeds would go to the scammers wallet address.

Re: Twitter is rejecting posts containing JSFiddle URLs

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Post by Timucin » Fri, Jun 07, 2019, 9:04 AM UTC

> Twitter just went the easy route and blocked all jsfiddle.net links instead of blocking spammer accounts on their platform.

This is a huge problem with all the tech giants that needs to be addressed. I don't expect them to be perfect but I expect them to be open to communications on any level.

I also think Twitter is the Twitter today just because of the bots and fake accounts they have since those accounts were creating so much content and movement on the platform. I know people whose spending days by reading those fake accounts while they have no idea what's fake and what's real. So maybe -just may be- they may not want to get rid of all those fake accounts and bots.

Re: Twitter is rejecting posts containing JSFiddle URLs

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Post by FreeHugs » Fri, Jun 07, 2019, 9:06 AM UTC

tomglynch wrote: post #17

FreeHugs wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is "a wallet code"?

I assume they mean a mining script - so that the person running the jsfiddle would be mining cryptocurrencies, and the proceeds would go to the scammers wallet address.

If that is true, Twitter should also block every newspaper out there. Their bloated websites max out my CPU too.

Re: Twitter is rejecting posts containing JSFiddle URLs

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Post by mixedbit » Fri, Jun 07, 2019, 9:09 AM UTC

vfc1 wrote: post #7

Given the nature of the product, there is no way for the maintainers of Js fiddle to prevent it from being used to run arbitrary code, because that is what it's meant to do. It's also impossible for both jsfiddle or twitter to scan the code of each fiddle and determine if it's legitimate or an attack, so this looks like a good measure from Twitter. What is surprising is how this was even allowed so far and still is i…

Should Twitter also ban links to Amazon S3 or any other cloud storage? It can also be used to host arbitrary JavaScript.