Administrators rawTOP Posted October 22, 2019 Administrators Report Share Posted October 22, 2019 As many of you know, there's been a problem with spam in private messages here on the site. So, I'm implementing some changes that affect both private messages and forum messages. First, you'll see the message "[think before following links]" before URLs. Second, there will no longer be an actual link you can click – you'll just see the URL. You'll need to copy and paste the URL to go to the page. Which means links will look like this… [think before following links] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmxVgx1LO77mPwr8r__FQ3g That said, if it's on my list of trusted domains, there will be a link you can click along with the note to think before you click… [think before following links] https://bbbh.com [think before following links] http://rawtop.com If you want a domain added to the list of trusted domains, reply to this thread and explain why. Twitter and Instagram are on my list already. YouTube will not ever be on the list because there is a way to exploit certain YouTube URLs to have them direct you to another site. That said, YouTube video URLs will continue to embed the player. And tweet URLs will continue to embed the tweet. Here are some examples… A YouTube embed… A tweet embed… In both cases you paste the URL, wait a moment, and the URL will be replaced with the embed. Just remember on tweets the account can't be marked as containing sensitive media or else the embed may not work properly. The account (not just the tweet) has be completely PG-13. Hopefully this will put a dent in the spam that's been happening on the site. 🤞 3 2 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilqueerpig Posted October 22, 2019 Report Share Posted October 22, 2019 Thanks RawTOP....I appreciate you looking out for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators rawTOP Posted October 22, 2019 Author Administrators Report Share Posted October 22, 2019 I should also mention that I've improved the handling of how problem IP addresses are handled on this site and on my other sites. Without going into too many details anyone who is caught doing something harmful here or on my other sites will have their IP address banned from my entire server for at least a year. I'm especially strict on IP addresses from China. I ban them by the 100s every month. Before I started all this I had about 40% bot traffic on my sites (bots that execute Javascript, not including the good bots like Googlebot that just crawl and index pages politely). Now that number is under 5%. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 1, 2022 Report Share Posted April 1, 2022 Hi there...most links are not live and highlighted on the pages. Is this because I am a newby? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators viking8x6 Posted April 1, 2022 Moderators Report Share Posted April 1, 2022 Moderator: I'm moving your post to the topic that provides the answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macacotorta Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 i embedded a link in a recent reply with the link icon at the top of the reply window, but when i checked the post i realized the link was not activated. although the post doesn't make much sense without the link, i am blocked from editing the text and adding the url to the reply... is there some way for me to fix this? also it seems safe to assume that embedded links are off limits on breeding zone, correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polyglutton Posted February 5, 2023 Report Share Posted February 5, 2023 Thank you for your continual efforts to make this a safe place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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