asking users if they trust a link has gotta be one of the stupidest UX safety concepts. any decent phishing attempt will have a sneaky URL, any real URL will some unguessable info in it like a post ID.
in this case the most common flow is a user unfamiliar with your instance just got a link from you, clicks it in some other app, lands on your instances site and immediately is asked again to appraise DIFFERENT link to another site?
great introduction to mastodon, really genius marketing
DS
npub1s6…q22w6
2026-05-02 07:31:22 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…0gug
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wss://relay.momostr.pinkPublished at
2026-05-02 07:31:22 UTCEvent JSON
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