What is this link?

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

I see one member posted it in an application post in a campaign.
I have never seen a profile link with ;sa=sBech32 at the end.
I think it is a mistake when posting but clicking on the link, it still leads me to a user profile page without error.

Bitcointalk Profile Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3570336;sa=sBech32

Does it mean with sa= we can put anything there, and can still visit our profile page?
I test with some random thing and link still works.
But what is sa for?

[TryNinja]

Why not ask the guy? He's the only one using this type of link: https://bitlist.co/search?content=sa%3DsBech32&limit=20

;sa=x is used to indicate the page on your profile settings

Look and Layout Preferences = https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;sa=theme
Notifications and Email = https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;sa=notification

There is no "sBech32" page, so it takes you to the default profile page.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

Why not ask the guy? He's the only one using this type of link: https://bitlist.co/search?content=sa%3DsBech32&limit=20

I think it is a bug because I tried to test with some random characters after sa and the link still works - works means direct me to the expected profile page without any extra information.

;sa=x is used to indicate the page on your profile settings

Thanks.

There is no "sBech32" page, so it takes you to the default profile page.

Why does it not show as error?

[TryNinja]

I think it is a bug because I tried to test with some random characters after sa and the link still works - works means direct me to the expected profile page without any extra information.

It's not exactly a bug, that's just how it works.

If a valid page is detected, it takes you there. Otherwise you can write anything and it is just ignored.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3570336;sa=anythinghere;hi=hello;infinite-text

[Mrbluntzy]

I think it is a bug because I tried to test with some random characters after sa and the link still works - works means direct me to the expected profile page without any extra information.

Why does it not show as error?

I don't think it's a bug, the forum runs on a simple machines forum (SMF), so, the "sa" is actually used to specify a sub-action within the main action. Therefore if the action after the "sa=" doesn't really exist in the SMF, it will direct you to the default profile of the user because of the "u=3570336" Which is the user ID that identifies the user.

If for example you add "sa=nonsense", that doesn't have any sub-action, so it will take you to the default profile of the person without giving you an error message since their is already a user ID on the profile link which is the main action.

I guess it's that user that actually edit that his profile link.

[Odohu]

I don't think there is anything special about the link, the profile link of the user you quoted is already complete and valid, so whatever is at the end does not affect it. The person made a mistake by adding the Bech32 at the end but since the link is still identified as valid, it opened. This is not a bug or anything serious.
 
If you post the entire link on any search engine, the first thing that will display is the link to the BTT profile of the person.

[un_rank]

You can take out the the semicolon and the sa suffix and still get redirected to the main profile page as long as they user id is valid. Anything you add after the UID that is not recognised gets completely ignored and takes you to the profile page.

Same way if you edit anything before the UID which makes it invalid you will get redirected to the most recent valid page which is the home page.

- Jay -

[obuoma]

This link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3570336 is valid so whatever characters that are added at the end will still lead to the same profile if clicked within this forum. You will only have error message when you  paste the link from a separate browser. You can try changing the characters at the end and the result will still be the same. Hence I don't see this as a bug.

[hosemary]

This link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3570336 is valid so whatever characters that are added at the end will still lead to the same profile if clicked within this forum. You will only have error message when you  paste the link from a separate browser.

No matter whether you click the link posted somewhere in the forum or copy-paste it into your browser's address bar. You will be taken to the same page in both cases.
You could have easily tested this yourself before posting wrong information.

[Mia Chloe]

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I think the way the forum generally reads links is if that particular link doesn't exist as a direct link to something on the forum it will either automatically trim it removing the unnecessary characters to give you an existing page of just proceed to give error so in this case it may just return you back to profile.

No matter whether you click the link posted somewhere in the forum or copy-paste it into your browser's address bar. You will be taken to the same page in both cases.
You could have easily tested this yourself before posting wrong information.

Yes probably the only exception I guess is something like merit history where if you are not logged in it may either display an error message or prompt you to login.

[The Cryptovator]

Does it mean with sa= we can put anything there, and can still visit our profile page?
I test with some random thing and link still works.
But what is sa for?

Either you use the sa on the profile link or put something else that links will be redirected to the profile. Let’s see my profile; I will put some random words even without sa. I am aware of this; this isn’t something to worry about.

Here is my profile link with random words: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1980983testlink

These are the forum default settings. Whatever you put with the profile link, if it's in incorrect formats, that will open the profile link.

[promise444c5]

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I think the way the forum generally reads links is if that particular link doesn't exist as a direct link to something on the forum it will either automatically trim it removing the unnecessary characters to give you an existing page of just proceed to give error so in this case it may just return you back to profile.

I think different params works in a different way , with “action” it will always default back to the action value  or throw an error like …index.php?action=credit;promotetest if the action value cannot stand alone without extra value (or maybe parameter I guess) .

So, if you change action param value to a non exiting one like … index.php?action=credittest;promote, you should get a blank page (not sure if that’s normal)..

Some params will actually return  404 not found page.

[alegotardo]

There is no "sBech32" page, so it takes you to the default profile page.

This is a special feature, still experimental an available to very few selected users, I am surprised that you and certain people here ca not see it too

(do not take me too seriously, maybe I am wrong)