Some people also override site based CSS with their own, which could likely make the link that was intended to be hidden come unbidden. Most browsers I've used have that option.
True, I've done this for sites that had really slow loading webfonts and/or remote css pages. Although we really can't say what it looked like without the rest of the page contents. I don't suppose anyone has a page source dump.
I wonder sometimes if this sort of activity (honey pots for autobanning) angers people because they feel they have a right to script the site or if they feel poorly for "falling for" the honeypot. Clearly it generates some emotion though.
