The original post: /r/music by /u/MedalsNScars on 2024-10-06 14:43:28.
Do not visit links from:
globalbenefit.co.uk
insidenewshub.com
metropost.us
And generally be careful around what links you click on this subreddit.
Posts from these three sites have consistently made the top of this subreddit recently.
If you throw any of the domains into Google with quotes ("metropost.us", for example), you won't find a single source legitimizing any of these sites.
Mods claim to have added the first two of these sites to the Automod filter when I pointed this out about a week ago. They also removed that post for pointing out the literally only users posting from those sites. Since that time, over a dozen posts have been made from those sites, with many of them reaching the top of this subreddit (and others being deleted by the poster after their link got called out for being sketchy)
I have reported every one of them. Mods have been inconsistent in removing them, with the ones they have removed staying on the front page for hours. The current #1 post on this subreddit is from one of those sites.
This is inexcusable on a subreddit with 32 mods with "manage posts" permissions and an Automod with a site blocking filter.
Mods, please either ban the literally only people posting links from these websites, or fix Automod to actually block the websites
Original post where I pointed this out, and mods added these sites to automod then deleted the post
Posts from globalbenefit.co.uk since then:
1: 8.5k upvotes at time of posting, currently #1 post on the subreddit
2: 1.4k upvotes, deleted by OP after staying on front page for over 12 hours
Posts from insidenewshub.com since then:
2: 5.1k upvotes, removed by mods after staying on front page for over 12 hours
Posts from metropost.us since then:
1: 1.4k upvotes, was a top post most of yesterday, currently #25 on the subreddit
I don't know what the goal is of these sites, but I grew up in an era where you if you wanted to protect your computer, you were careful about what links you clicked. I highly advise not visiting any of these sites and being cautious around any articles from unfamiliar links posted here.
Best case it's junk journalism trying to get some ad dollars. Middle case it's some kind of propaganda play. Worst case these sites are maliciously tracking users and/or installing malware.