I have seen that kind of thing a few different places and I just plain decline to believe that it isn't done with knowledge.
Active items that are already clickable that change location as a page loads drive me nuts, but these particularly convenient examples add another dimension to that.
It might not be done with malice aforethought, so much as wilful ignorance; blind pursuit of metrics combined with a lack of any incentive to challenge the assumption that all clicks are intentional.
Active items that are already clickable that change location as a page loads drive me nuts, but these particularly convenient examples add another dimension to that.