I hadn't even come across it yet but holy hell that's a scammer/malicious actors paradise.
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Yeah this seems like a pretty huge oversight. I'd file an issue on GitHub ASAP.
On Kbin's end the thread ID is 57540
and the appended text is simply a hint to what is on the other side of the link (i.e. it doesn't change anything). This is standard practice and you see it a lot across the web
Try this: https://kbin.social/m/[email protected]/t/57540/THLPFWYHYULHDTPUYWHDUYPHWUDUYWHUYDWHUYWHPD
StackOverflow had the same feature until people started abusing it for SEO. After that, they decided to remove that option.
I kinda like it, but it should be operable for the mods (so it flags it for them to check, or whatever automod eventually shows up can hide the post until it's cleared)...