I added a real-time chat to my blog, people used it to attack me
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A developer recounts how adding a simple real-time chat feature to their blog led to harassment and impersonation by users. The author reflects on how the site's architecture, which uses WebSockets for live updates, inadvertently facilitated the abuse.
Why it matters
It highlights the security and moderation challenges inherent in building real-time, unmoderated social features for personal websites.
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