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Re:Making Games with Kotlin by petercooper on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @06:54AM (#21761630)
This happens on Twitter a lot. I've seen a lot of people referencing names of libraries, events, etc. and them being turned into links to URLs that don't exist. (.app is a common one for this.)
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Re:Making Games with Kotlin by Hallucinaut on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @07:51PM (#21768385)
It also happens, rather unfortunately, with my aging parents who love to sign off emails with 'xxx' and are often missing the space after the final period and ending word of the email. Some of the results are guaranteed risky clicks.
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Re:Making Games with Kotlin by rumanator on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @12:23PM (#21764605)
Accidental typos (better yet, missing space after a period) also triggers some clients to send HTTP requests to the pseudo-URL to build up a quick view, which sounds like a potential security problem.
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Re:Making Games with Kotlin by vbezhenar on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @10:52AM (#21763571)
Twitter could try to resolve this domain first before formatting text as a link.
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