Can't Stop the Signal. Poison It

(blog.digitalgrease.dev)

19 points | by rmadriz 3 hours ago

5 comments

  • gruez 53 minutes 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 1 hour ago
    Not often you encounter a site that makes scrolling choppy.
    • skeledrew 34 minutes ago
      Works great in my browser that hasn't been updated - except by me, mainly to keep it running - in about 10 years.
    • ethmarks 1 hour 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.
    • nottorp 1 hour 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 55 minutes 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.
    • functionmouse 48 minutes ago
      it's slop which is notoriously willing to fuck with scroll

      don't fuck with scroll

    • nosioptar 46 minutes ago
      It's even fucked with JavaScript disabled.
    • k4rnaj1k 1 hour ago
      [dead]
  • initramfs 44 minutes ago
    https://marcusb.org/hacks/quixotic.html more lightweight than this anvil
  • manithree 43 minutes ago
    I like the idea (hate the site), but what does it do to my battery life?
  • nutifafa 32 minutes ago
    [flagged]