Megathread seemingly has a contradiction. What am I missing? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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In the Megathread, section 3-12 (Unsafe Sites), under "All Purpose", the first entry is 1377x-to, reason listed as

Fake clone: (Crafted with cunning intent to ensnare unsuspecting users through deliberate deception).
However, in the Megathread, section 3-1 (All Purpose), under "Torrents", likewise the first entry is 1377x-to.

Edit:

Lol, got the characters mixed up, I guess. Whoops. Well, to all the people being nice about it and kindly letting me know, thank you very much!

To all the people being dicks about it (concerningly a lot of you it seems ಠ_ಠ), maybe learn a bit of humility. Some people mix up similar-looking characters in their heads. It's a thing that happens.

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[-] daddybutter@lemmy.world 81 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Unsafe site: 1377
All-purpose: 1337

[-] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 5 months ago

Oh whoops. Thanks. He he.

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 41 points 5 months ago

one three seven seven
vs
one three three seven

And you'll notice that the entry under "Torrents" does not actually match the name you typed into your description text, as yours has two sevens. Crafty indeed, and they could stand to make this a little more obvious in the document.

[-] Apollo2323@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 5 months ago

Oh man you can be phished so easily. Read the numbers correctly.

[-] marxistsynths19@lemmy.ml 30 points 5 months ago

It’s “leet” not “lett” if that’s easier to follow.

[-] Sharpiemarker@startrek.website 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Assuming it's just a typo because the legit one is https://1337x.to/

Someone just pasted the same URL twice instead of the incorrect and correct urls.

[-] shotgun_crab@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

The "fake clones" section should also list the original, for easy comparison

[-] gjghkk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago

true.

[-] Donk240978@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 5 months ago

The people being dicks about the fact OP mixed up a character or 2...

That is the entire point of those clone sites. To trap people like OP who make an honest mistake. Some people who don't know anything about torrenting, but "heard about it from a friend" and then trying to remember what it was called. Or people with minor dyslexia. Or any other cognitive inconvenience