Can't Stop the Signal. Poison It

(blog.digitalgrease.dev)

33 points | by rmadriz 6 hours ago ago

15 comments

  • gruez 4 hours ago

    Wasn't there a startup that basically did this, but instead of for privacy purposes, it was for creating fake influencer profiles you could use for marketing campaigns? This project feels like a great way to get your accounts banned from various platforms, because this is basically doing that, and platforms have at least a vague interest in banning such things. It tries to hide itself, but doesn't do a good job at it. MockLocationProvider can be easily detected, and so can UA/canvas spoofing. All of this basically screams "I'm running a bot farm", so expect it to be first in line when sites want to do a bot crackdown.

  • TheChaplain 5 hours ago

    Not often you encounter a site that makes scrolling choppy.

    • ethmarks 4 hours ago

      I'm pretty sure that's because the entire <main> of the site has an 8px Gaussian blur on it:

        .site-main[data-astro-cid-bpoqdqeq] { 
          backdrop-filter:blur(8px); 
        }
      
      Why, exactly? The page looks visually identical when I disable that rule, but the performance skyrockets. I realize that it's probably vibecoded, but come on.
    • skeledrew 4 hours ago

      Works great in my browser that hasn't been updated - except by me, mainly to keep it running - in about 10 years.

    • nottorp 4 hours ago

      Firefox by any chance?

      Ran recently into another site on here that scrolled fine on anything except Firefox. And this one seems to be fine on safari.

      • barbazoo 4 hours ago

        Firefox Android is fine albeit laggy. I don't get why one has to customize scroll behavior but I don't do mobile UX myself.

        • nottorp 2 hours ago

          Last time i checked it's not laggy because they messed with the scroll, but because of some fancy CSS that firefox has trouble with.

    • nosioptar 4 hours ago

      It's even fucked with JavaScript disabled.

    • functionmouse 4 hours ago

      it's slop which is notoriously willing to fuck with scroll

      don't fuck with scroll

    • k4rnaj1k 4 hours ago

      [dead]

  • initramfs 4 hours ago

    https://marcusb.org/hacks/quixotic.html more lightweight than this anvil

  • tsol 2 hours ago

    This is a cool idea, I like it.

  • manithree 4 hours ago

    I like the idea (hate the site), but what does it do to my battery life?

  • nutifafa 4 hours ago

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