The joke was spoiled for me because I have a great habit of glancing at the status bar before clicking links, so I knew what it was going to before it loaded.
Still, I love it. As a designer, one of the first things I do with any system is try to do something the designer didn’t think I’d do, like message myself, or add myself as a friend/fluther/etc. It was a nice surprise to see Fluther’s decision regarding this :)