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by Ansil849 2003 days ago
This seems like a vector for 1) malicious content (malware, spyware, cryptominers), 2) spam (referral links, MLM sites), 3) offensive content (shock sites, extreme pornography), 4) illegal content (child pornography, terrorist material).
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It also has a popularity ranking, which at the moment has an usual shock site in 4th place...
Russian roulette is a vector for bullets, but presumably everyone knows that before they play.
5) harmless fun :)
I spent a few minutes looking for a good rickroll remix and found one that's pretty sweet and looks underappreciated in the view count: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jECVGW-nbUg
#3 is the top third trending site listed.