Is tinyurl banned?
#1
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Thread Starter
Is tinyurl banned?
I tried to make a post with some tinyurl's to save space, and when I went to preview it, the forum stripped out all mentions of tinyurl, so it looked like "http:///ddkmru".
I understand that tinyurl can be used as a redirection tool and therefore be used for malicious purposes. But it's also good for shortening some of these gigantic URLs that are now popping up.
Any feedback would be appreciated, as I need to know what's accepted and what is not for an automation tool I'm writing for a thread.
I understand that tinyurl can be used as a redirection tool and therefore be used for malicious purposes. But it's also good for shortening some of these gigantic URLs that are now popping up.
Any feedback would be appreciated, as I need to know what's accepted and what is not for an automation tool I'm writing for a thread.
#3
Re: Is tinyurl banned?
http:///sdklfjsdfkljsdf
-edit- it appears it is. interesting. however I do not know why. I would assume it's due to spam. the word itself isn't blocked but when you add the .com and the / it gets blocked.
-edit- it appears it is. interesting. however I do not know why. I would assume it's due to spam. the word itself isn't blocked but when you add the .com and the / it gets blocked.
#4
Administrator
Re: Is tinyurl banned?
#8
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Is tinyurl banned?
Far more than the limit: http://forum.dvdtalk.com/video-game-...al-thread.html
We run into this from time to time in the VG forum. I've seen some other threads encounter it over the years too.
We run into this from time to time in the VG forum. I've seen some other threads encounter it over the years too.
#10
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Is tinyurl banned?
That would embed the videos into the post and load up hundreds of flash player instances simultaneously.
He's working on an off-site solution, so I'm not really sure what the point of the original question is unless it's about a totally unrelated thread or topic.
He's working on an off-site solution, so I'm not really sure what the point of the original question is unless it's about a totally unrelated thread or topic.
#11
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Re: Is tinyurl banned?
I'm still curious what the actual limit is, I did a test with over 100,000 characters and it seemed to go through just fine. Once you're reaching that many it may be worthwhile to split it up into separate posts.
#12
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Is tinyurl banned?
^ You're getting into touchy subjects with Shag here He's already got the first 3 posts in that thread. I don't know the actual limit, but I know I reached it myself in a similar thread about 2 years ago.
Again, he's going off-site with this information and going to embed it with an iframe, so I don't really know what the point is. I'll let him answer for himself again.
Again, he's going off-site with this information and going to embed it with an iframe, so I don't really know what the point is. I'll let him answer for himself again.
#13
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Thread Starter
Re: Is tinyurl banned?
The reason is I ask is I was trying to make things easier on myself (even doing off-site) and already have about 1500+ tinyurl links to information.
I can go back through and grab the real links, but it'll be a pain in the ass and take a little bit of time. Guess I should've checked that it worked before I went through that trouble. Never thought it would be a problem though.
I can go back through and grab the real links, but it'll be a pain in the ass and take a little bit of time. Guess I should've checked that it worked before I went through that trouble. Never thought it would be a problem though.
#14
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Is tinyurl banned?
Does the board censor what you put in the iframe? I assumed that your off-site content would be safe from this board's editing as long as the url to your content was safe.
Sounds like you assumed that too and got bit.
Sounds like you assumed that too and got bit.
#15
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Thread Starter
Re: Is tinyurl banned?
I've been trying to figure out how to do dynamic HTML tables to prettify things, but haven't gotten there yet.
I just found out today when I tried to post up the stuff for this week in a new post with not only the youtube links, but marketplace links as well.