Dan E. Kool
Walking Trash Can Robot
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Post by Dan E. Kool on May 8, 2017 16:05:29 GMT
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Dan E. Kool
Walking Trash Can Robot
Now With Extra Pulp!
Posts: 3,325
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Post by Dan E. Kool on May 8, 2017 16:58:03 GMT
Just so we're all clear, the viglink redirect has nothing to do with me, I definitely don't benefit from it, and it happens to every link on this forum. The price of using FreeForums, I guess.
Here's a discussion about it elsewhere online: http: //support. freeforums. org/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=112809&view=next
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Balder
Supreme Overlord
Trying to cut down the amount of movies I watch
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Post by Balder on May 8, 2017 17:20:12 GMT
I'm still not seeing any of this no matter what browser, ad-block or not. It just goes to the source and that's it, no viglink.
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Armored Core Raven
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Radio: The test is over. From this moment on, you are a Raven!
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Post by Armored Core Raven on May 8, 2017 17:24:58 GMT
You're right, dan e, sometimes I can't even click my own links from older posts without reaching a blank 127.0.0.1 page now. Seems freeforums have been partnered with viglink for a long time and still haven't done anything about it, at least +7 years. I guess keeping your users in the dark pays good money, good enough that a few outcries aren't enough to warrant change. Balder It's not consistent, sometimes the link is with a viglink redirect, other times it's a normal link, probably to make it harder to spot consistently, or possibly it's a script that runs after the page has loaded or how many times you hold the cursor over a link or something, I don't know what triggers it exactly. Shady shady business these FreeForums.
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Balder
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Trying to cut down the amount of movies I watch
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Post by Balder on May 8, 2017 17:41:52 GMT
You're right, dan e, sometimes I can't even click my own links from older posts without reaching a blank 127.0.0.1 page now. Seems freeforums have been partnered with viglink for a long time and still haven't done anything about it, at least +7 years. I guess keeping your users in the dark pays good money, good enough that a few outcries aren't enough to warrant change. Balder It's not consistent, sometimes the link is with a viglink redirect, other times it's a normal link, probably to make it harder to spot consistently, or possibly it's a script that runs after the page has loaded or how many times you hold the cursor over a link or something, I don't know what triggers it exactly. Shady shady business these FreeForums. Yeah, but what can we do. After all, it's free hosting. I guess we can take some abuse. Not a fan of it, but I'd rather have the forum stay up.
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Armored Core Raven
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Radio: The test is over. From this moment on, you are a Raven!
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Post by Armored Core Raven on May 8, 2017 17:54:22 GMT
Yeah, but what can we do. After all, it's free hosting. I guess we can take some abuse. Not a fan of it, but I'd rather have the forum stay up. Sad but true. Thankfully this forum doesn't post a lot of links to other places so it's a rare occurrence, and it seemingly doesn't affect images or youtube videos. This would explain why I've had tabs open with blank pages sometimes in the last few years, I never saw where they came from as when I went back and opened stuff again from here it would work just fine, nice to have an explanation for that now at least.
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Dan E. Kool
Walking Trash Can Robot
Now With Extra Pulp!
Posts: 3,325
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Post by Dan E. Kool on May 8, 2017 20:21:21 GMT
I have just been notified that my click-baiting scheme will not be tolerated here and that I have 24 hours to clear out before I am permabanned. I was a little short on cash. One click led to another and... Well, you know how it goes. I should have followed in my father's footsteps and learned his trade. Maybe now I would be a poor but honest sheep herder in the hills of New Zealand as he was. Unfortunately I succumbed to the temptations of easy money and fast living. I had cars and women and a post count like you wouldn't believe. And now it's all over. Let this be a lesson for all of you. Nothing in life is free. And on a serious note, if my sense of "humor" (and I use that term lightly) has caused anyone distress, I want to apologize. I thought the whole thing was a gag, so I played along. I don't regret the joke, but I do regret if nobody got to laugh along with me.
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Post by spidershinobi on May 9, 2017 1:27:28 GMT
I only now noticed the vaglinking. That's a bit concerning...
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Balder
Supreme Overlord
Trying to cut down the amount of movies I watch
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Post by Balder on May 9, 2017 4:40:24 GMT
You guys know how it is. I have to ban Dan E. Kool as it would be weak of me to keep giving him free passes. You guys remember player1? Screw that last part actually.
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Dan E. Kool
Walking Trash Can Robot
Now With Extra Pulp!
Posts: 3,325
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Post by Dan E. Kool on May 9, 2017 9:04:38 GMT
You guys know how it is. I have to ban Dan E. Kool as it would be weak of me to keep giving him free passes. You guys remember player1? Screw that last part actually. Do yer worst, copper!!
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Balder
Supreme Overlord
Trying to cut down the amount of movies I watch
Posts: 6,827
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Post by Balder on May 9, 2017 9:39:36 GMT
You guys know how it is. I have to ban Dan E. Kool as it would be weak of me to keep giving him free passes. You guys remember player1? Screw that last part actually. Do yer worst, copper!!
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