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Merkzy 21 Apr, 2013 @ 3:11pm
Phishing Link Posts
Why are users that are banned for spam have their posts hidden, but people that post phishing links DON'T get that link hidden with the potential to still phish people? Sorry, just don't really see the reasoning in this.
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His Wardship 21 Apr, 2013 @ 3:27pm 
Err, they are hidden. Unfortunately, due to a slight issue with the site, if the trade owner hides the post first, we are unable to mod hide it.
Merkzy 21 Apr, 2013 @ 3:39pm 
Oh :/ Well that ought to be high on the priority list to fix then right? With the amount of people getting phished anymore?
His Wardship 21 Apr, 2013 @ 4:09pm 
I don't believe it's a bug, more of an unintentional side effect. The fact that Sneeza has laid off fixing it probably means that it could cause many bugs in the comment hide system. Nothing is ever as simple as it looks in terms of coding.
His Wardship 24 Apr, 2013 @ 2:37pm 
I'm pretty sure Sneeza would know fuzz matching, but simply blocking domains or creating a whitelist wouldn't work. Remember, the majority of the people who get hijacked are those who actually believe the link, and that it will give them free hats.

Even if we forced phishers to obscure their links, people would still go after them. I've brought up the mod hide problem with Sneeza already, incidentally.
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Date Posted: 21 Apr, 2013 @ 3:11pm
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