hello i like to make video games and stuff and also have a good time on the computer. look @ my pinned for some of the video games and things. sometimes i am horny on @squishfox
(pssst - hot tip: -webkit-mask-image:url(https://cohost.org/static/de7a6730ae8672a12406.svg);-webkit-mask-position-x:50%;-webkit-mask-position-y:50%;-webkit-mask-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-mask-size:contain;)
i foolishly stripped that stuff out because i thought there's no possible way blink still prefixes these properties right
this is an actual concern i’ve had upon seeing these though, like there’s no easy way for a non‐technical user to tell if an ask post was faked with CSS. literally anything, even just a little speech bubble icon next to the handle of the page that posted the ask, would make it more clear that there is Something Actually Different about the post. there are enough wacky CSS posts on this site that uninformed users might assume “asks” aren’t a feature of the site at all, just an in‐joke everyone’s doing!
edit: wow they did literally this within 24 hours of me posting this comment. i am hoping this is because this is an obvious solution to an obvious problem which they also saw and implemented, and not because they read this specific comment i wrote
is that an issue though? you'll find out about it when you set up a page, it's in the settings, or when you see the ask button. plausible deniability isn't necessarily a bad thing (if anything actually bad is going on staff will know if it's real and act accordingly)