Beware HN: The rise of weaponized "abuse" reports

Re:Beware HN: The rise of weaponized "abuse" reports by bellyfullofbac on Friday April 30, 2021 @04:24PM (#26998812)

> They claimed a user-generated page on my site was phishing for credentials (because it happened to mention their client's name and had a login form on it).

There was an incident a few years ago where an article talked about Facebook changing its login system. This article ended up being the top Google result for the search "Facebook login". What happens? Hundreds of angry comments asking "Why did you change the login page?!? "How do I login to Facebook, this is so complicated", etc, etc.

The "reputation management company" shouldn't have a case, but well, idiotically, they have a little one.

Another thing I've seen is a blog article talking about how to cancel Amazon Prime. In its comments: several dozen people writing "My Amazon prime account is XYZ, I would like to cancel it please."...

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Re:Beware HN: The rise of weaponized "abuse" reports by tdeck on Friday April 30, 2021 @09:14PM (#27001879)

I remember that. Actually It was a blog that allowed Facebook login for comments. People were visiting, scrolling down to the comment area, and using that to log into Facebook rather than just visiting Facebook.com.

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