system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: why after signing into some websites a screen will say "you will be redirected in 5 seconds," why not just redirect immediately and not show this?
gpt
Usually there are some safety checks happening in the background and instedad of showing nothing it displays this message. Also sometimes this is a feature to defend against brute force attacks as it makes you wait everytime.