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[–] maya@piefed.blahaj.zone 254 points 4 months ago (2 children)

cloudflare imitation that blames the user for using Chrome browser instead of Firefox

Flip the script

[–] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 41 points 4 months ago (1 children)

We need a fourth one for "User error".

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A pebkac mode.

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 2 points 4 months ago

"You're doing it wrong ya doofus"

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 30 points 4 months ago

Ohhh i'm adding that

[–] Scoopta@programming.dev 237 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Further increase confusion by having error pages where all 3 are green

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 85 points 4 months ago

Add more colours a button that turns it into a slot machine. Three sevens and you win a prize.

(a redirect to a picture of a duck)

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 42 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Add a contact button so they can email CloudFlare about the bug directly.

[–] bampop@lemmy.world 30 points 4 months ago (1 children)

When you've eliminated all other possibilities, it must be the user that's at fault

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Well, that is an available preset too: https://virt.moe/cferr/wxqcqcd

[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I think that's the first time I've seen the .moe TLD outside catbox. What even is it, I just think of the bartender from the Simpsons.

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's for things that are moe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.moe

[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 11 points 4 months ago

I did look it up after posting, and thought this one explained it better:
https://nic.moe/en/

What is moe?

The word “moe” (in Japanese: “萌え”; pronounced as “moh-ay”) is a slang word rooted deep in the Japanese Otaku culture. It has often been used to mean a particular type of “adorable” or “cute” towards fictional characters, people, animals, etc.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Oh, man, the people that design most REST APIs got loose!

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

I'm pretty sure I've had to debug errors like that

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

That's user error. "Everything is working fine on our end. You figure it out, champs".

[–] WagnasT@piefed.world 33 points 4 months ago

I would forget I set this up and not fix the problem for a while. Honestly seems like a win if the boss can't tell.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

That github link randomly redirects me to https://virt.moe/cferr/editor/

Huh?

Edit: No I am just a fucking idiot. I thought "Github Website" was a single link, not 2 links.

[–] gerald_eliasweb@reddthat.com 15 points 4 months ago

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (4 children)

That's gotta be like actually illegal unless cloud flair is to blame and then how did they reach your server?

[–] it_depends_man@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago

I mean, you have to modify it of course. You can't literally blame cloudflare.

But you can modify everything so that it's a funny joke that still looks like the cloudflare error that people know.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Just call it cloudfare.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

douclflare

  text-spacing: -0.2em;
[–] elfpie@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 4 months ago

Honestly, unless I see the correct version, my brain defaults to this name as the correct one.

[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 12 points 4 months ago

derrick from sales guy vs web dude would have loved this

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 months ago

Ooo that's fun. Might have to add that to my site.

[–] FranciscoLopez@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

This is peak SRE: better UX, better telemetry, and better blame routing—all in one error page.

[–] D1re_W0lf@piefed.world 6 points 4 months ago

On the same genius line: 😁

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago

I'll use this for various things on my domain while having no actual involvement with cloudflare

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 5 points 4 months ago

https://virt.moe/cferr/cypov8d

[–] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

And it results in a call to the ISP's customer service for 30 minutes.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

A cloudfront ip block would be even simpler to do.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Probably better off simulating the impression without the company name on display.

[–] AmericanEconomicThinkTank@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Lmao shit dude that's like something out of an 80s corporate disinformation campaign.

Beautiful.

[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Any body could just go to down detector. And of course effectively check the status of cloud flare based on if downdetector shows this page themselves.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

If its a cloudfront IP block down detector wont do you any good. Complaining to cloudfront wont do you any good either..

[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.ml -2 points 4 months ago

cloudflare should be split into different companies which would then be given to the workers who would collectivize each of them. seriously!