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Title: It would be nice if the site filtered out referral URLs Post by: odolvlobo on December 10, 2013, 05:21:12 AM There is a lot of referral spam on this site. I think it would be great if bitcointalk.org automatically filtered out URLs with "cex.io/r".
And "pyramining.com/referral", too. Title: Re: It would be nice if the site filtered out referral URLs Post by: MiningBuddy on December 10, 2013, 10:34:23 AM There is a lot of referral spam on this site. I think it would be great if bitcointalk.org automatically filtered out URLs with "cex.io/r". Yeah I'm getting sick of the amazon affiliate spam too. And "pyramining.com/referral", too. For now just hit the report to moderator button so we can deal with them. Title: Re: It would be nice if the site filtered out referral URLs Post by: exstasie on December 11, 2013, 02:04:15 AM How easy would it be for the site to do that? I'm guessing anything that has the word referrer would be quite easy.
Title: Re: It would be nice if the site filtered out referral URLs Post by: BadBear on December 11, 2013, 02:05:35 AM It would have to be done per site, some use /r=xxx, some use stuff like aid=xxx, aff=xxx.
Title: Re: It would be nice if the site filtered out referral URLs Post by: kuzetsa on December 12, 2013, 07:42:58 PM There is a lot of referral spam on this site. I think it would be great if bitcointalk.org automatically filtered out URLs with "cex.io/r". Yeah I'm getting sick of the amazon affiliate spam too. And "pyramining.com/referral", too. For now just hit the report to moderator button so we can deal with them. Are referral links still allowed in signatures? Title: Re: It would be nice if the site filtered out referral URLs Post by: tysat on December 12, 2013, 07:59:28 PM There is a lot of referral spam on this site. I think it would be great if bitcointalk.org automatically filtered out URLs with "cex.io/r". Yeah I'm getting sick of the amazon affiliate spam too. And "pyramining.com/referral", too. For now just hit the report to moderator button so we can deal with them. Are referral links still allowed in signatures? Yes, they're allowed in signatures just not posts. Title: Re: It would be nice if the site filtered out referral URLs Post by: ajax3592 on December 12, 2013, 10:19:10 PM It would have to be done per site, some use /r=xxx, some use stuff like aid=xxx, aff=xxx. Exactly, not to forget the smartasses that use bit.ly to compress their referral links, or those who hyper link their referral link that appears like a normal website link.Title: Re: It would be nice if the site filtered out referral URLs Post by: Kluge on December 12, 2013, 10:21:51 PM What's the issue with them? Spam encouragement?
Title: Re: It would be nice if the site filtered out referral URLs Post by: odolvlobo on December 13, 2013, 01:22:07 AM What's the issue with them? Spam encouragement? People create accounts just for the purpose of reply to every mining-related thread with their referral link. Title: Re: It would be nice if the site filtered out referral URLs Post by: pand70 on December 13, 2013, 02:10:34 AM People that want to use referrals will find other ways like url shorteners to bypass a filter like this.
Title: Re: It would be nice if the site filtered out referral URLs Post by: SaltySpitoon on December 13, 2013, 03:20:12 AM Referal links are generally acceptable if they are solicited. For example, if I was asking someone for information on Cryptsy, someone is welcome to give me information + their referal link. People just posting their referal links and nothing else, or no helpful information is quite annoying.
Title: Re: It would be nice if the site filtered out referral URLs Post by: The Goat Master on December 14, 2013, 12:42:43 PM Refs help people make money off your trades, etc.
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