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Originally Posted by Carsondcarson
Which makes me think, In Firefox, you can select almost anything that looks like a Url (it would seem HTTP:// or even WWW. are not required) does this also trigger a referral from the origination page / Domain? Anyone know? if it does then even auto removing the http and www is a moot point.
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I'm curious about this, too. Also, in Chrome, when you highlight a URL and right click to copy, it gives you an option to go to that Web site. If I click that, does that count as a referral? I wouldn't think so, but I'd still like to know for sure.
As far as the suggestion itself, a couple things:
First, do we know if this would even work? Does blocking a term include blocking it when it's part of a string of characters? Well, let's test it: wh*r*://www.sl*t.b*tch.com
OK, works if I type it in. Now what if I add a
link?
And therein lies the problem. Even when I create a link using a rule-compliant piece of text, it still censors it. This idea would effectively prevent any active links whatsoever on the forum. I use internal links too often to be OK with that.
Good suggestion, but I have to vote no on this.