Image links

Sponge · **Posted:** Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:39 pm

Why can't I post image links? (either the raw link or an inline [img] link)

When I try, part of the original link gets changed to "smileforever" after I submit or preview the post.

Example:

I get this result....
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/7815 ... istld7.jpg

....after trying to post this (with an added space after the "imageshack" dot so you can see what the full link looks like)....
http://img183.imageshack. us/img183/7815/kenmoxonfistld7.jpg

Other people seem to be posting image links OK and the above one was posted OK as an inline [IMG] by somebodyelse earlier.

This only started happening after the recent forum spamming.

admin · **Posted:** Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:10 pm

It's one of the temporary measures to stop the image spamming. Until I am reasonably confident there are no longer a campaign to harass users and sabotage debate here by spamming with grotesque images, I will block all image from public servers known to also host such material. You can still link to images on serious and non-anonymous servers.

Sorry for the inconvenience, but some seem to believe it is their right to limit yours.

Sponge · **Posted:** Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:08 pm

That's what I though Andreas but I can't understand why the same image link was posted by another poster today without any problem and yet I can't post it.

Sponge · **Posted:** Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:47 am

My statement above was begging an answer if you can. Thanks.

StevieRayFan · **Joined:** Wed Oct 26, 2005 9:13 pm **Posts:** 1093

admin wrote:

It's one of the temporary measures to stop the image spamming. Until I am reasonably confident there are no longer a campaign to harass users and sabotage debate here by spamming with grotesque images, I will block all image from public servers known to also host such material. You can still link to images on serious and non-anonymous servers.

Sorry for the inconvenience, but some seem to believe it is their right to limit yours.

I use PhotoBucket and Picasa. Are these servers on the list? I can't use the tags either.

admin · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:42 pm

Sponge wrote:

That's what I though Andreas but I can't understand why the same image link was posted by another poster today without any problem and yet I can't post it.

This method isn't ideal as it seems like the word blocking doesn't always work the same way. I have to see the example you refer to before I can analyse it.

admin · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:43 pm

StevieRayFan wrote:

I use PhotoBucket and Picasa. Are these servers on the list? I can't use the tags either.

If it doesn't work it probably is. Hopefully this will be a temporarily measurement only. I don't want to post too much details on what we do to stop spam.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

StevieRayFan · **Joined:** Wed Oct 26, 2005 9:13 pm **Posts:** 1093

No problem at all. I'd gladly go without if it will help with security.

Sponge · **Posted:** Mon Aug 25, 2008 10:47 pm

admin wrote:

Sponge wrote:

That's what I though Andreas but I can't understand why the same image link was posted by another poster today without any problem and yet I can't post it.

This method isn't ideal as it seems like the word blocking doesn't always work the same way. I have to see the example you refer to before I can analyse it.

See the very example I gave in my first post in this thread.
Or these images that were posted by another member in the first post here....
http://ocmb.xenu.net/ocmb/viewtopic.php?t=28853
When I tried to post them I got the censor.

Edit: I've been trying out a few things in someone else's test post here...
http://ocmb.xenu.net/ocmb/viewtopic.php?t=28712

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