DaveedMee@beehaw.org to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.orgDeutsch · 7 months agoHelp Notpad++ take down the parasite websitenotepad-plus-plus.orgexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down10 cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
arrow-up174arrow-down1external-linkHelp Notpad++ take down the parasite websitenotepad-plus-plus.orgDaveedMee@beehaw.org to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.orgDeutsch · 7 months agomessage-square18fedilink cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
minus-squarerbn@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·7 months agoI often take the link from the project’s Wikipedia page if it’s big enough to have one.
minus-squareeveninghere@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·7 months agoWell, actually, anybody can edit Wikipedia and the page updates immediately.
minus-squarerbn@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-27 months agoTrue but I’d hope that there’s still some review for the bigger projects. Of course, it’s possible that a malicious link is inserted right before I go there but it’s still more reliable than just chosing the first result on Google.
I often take the link from the project’s Wikipedia page if it’s big enough to have one.
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Well, actually, anybody can edit Wikipedia and the page updates immediately.
True but I’d hope that there’s still some review for the bigger projects. Of course, it’s possible that a malicious link is inserted right before I go there but it’s still more reliable than just chosing the first result on Google.