Skimlinks
Sep 23, 2009 | 8:32 pm
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Sep 24, 2009 | 9:46 am
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just googled the "redirectingat" and learned same thing. i believe last night was first time i started seeing it.
http://www.google.com/search?client=...UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
http://skimlinks.com/
werent posters not allowed to post referral links? so now IB can.
what if a poster did post a referral link, would it be changed?
i dont think this affects me, but i find it ridiculous.
http://www.google.com/search?client=...UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
http://skimlinks.com/
werent posters not allowed to post referral links? so now IB can.
what if a poster did post a referral link, would it be changed?
i dont think this affects me, but i find it ridiculous.
Sep 24, 2009 | 2:41 pm
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Indeed I just noticed this the other day when I found redirectingat was blocked on the computer I was using and I was thus unable to open links.
Most annoying. I have hundreds of FAQ links on FT which I maintain and are now potentially useless. At the very least links to FT posts (and other parts of FT site eg wiki, TOS, etc) shouldn't go through this.
Most annoying. I have hundreds of FAQ links on FT which I maintain and are now potentially useless. At the very least links to FT posts (and other parts of FT site eg wiki, TOS, etc) shouldn't go through this.
Sep 24, 2009 | 2:55 pm
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Sep 25, 2009 | 7:22 am
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I've just noticed this too - and it's really annoying and an extremely shady practice. I thought the computer I was on was infected with a virus or something.
Considering a lot of FTers use websites for their own gains where they may earn cashback etc. For example I earn a bit of money on Hilton bookings through Quidco. Presumably if I clicked Hilton links the money would have gone to FT had I not noticed the redirecting.at url.
Shame on FT
Considering a lot of FTers use websites for their own gains where they may earn cashback etc. For example I earn a bit of money on Hilton bookings through Quidco. Presumably if I clicked Hilton links the money would have gone to FT had I not noticed the redirecting.at url.
Shame on FT
Sep 25, 2009 | 1:10 pm
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so it automatically does it for you in your browser, and skimlinks overrides it? jesus.
also, so much for right clicking copy link, thats impossible.
so if a link is abbreviated, youre screwed.
i just seemed to be noticing lag with the service as well.
fun times!
also, so much for right clicking copy link, thats impossible.
so if a link is abbreviated, youre screwed.
i just seemed to be noticing lag with the service as well.
fun times!
Sep 25, 2009 | 2:00 pm
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I hate the fact it slows down the page load.
Sep 25, 2009 | 2:05 pm
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Just noticed it as well as the lag time.
I guess it's safe to assume that every single link, even to non-commercial stuff, will be redirected.
Pretty crappy, IMHO.
But this isn't Randy's FT any longer. It took nearly 3 years for them to start making wholesale changes, but they finally did it. If we keep reminding ourselves that this is a for-profit business, then nothing should surprise us going forward.
I too wonder what will happen with congas.
I guess it's safe to assume that every single link, even to non-commercial stuff, will be redirected.
Pretty crappy, IMHO.
But this isn't Randy's FT any longer. It took nearly 3 years for them to start making wholesale changes, but they finally did it. If we keep reminding ourselves that this is a for-profit business, then nothing should surprise us going forward.
I too wonder what will happen with congas.
Sep 25, 2009 | 2:51 pm
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Along the same lines, what is adtmt.com, which seems to insert itself when I try to open threads from work for at least the last several months. About a third of the time, I get an error message, and sure enough if I hold the back-arrow dropdown, I see the site in the history. I usually have to hit refresh to get the page to link properly.
When opening up this thread, the backlink was:
http://view.atdmt.com/DEN/iview/1453045
When I try to open that URL up in a new window, work's controls refuse it. So can somebody tell me what they see when they go to that URL?
When opening up this thread, the backlink was:
http://view.atdmt.com/DEN/iview/1453045
When I try to open that URL up in a new window, work's controls refuse it. So can somebody tell me what they see when they go to that URL?
Sep 25, 2009 | 2:56 pm
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Some enterprising FT member with access to their own hosting might try creating a redirecting page of their own for a conga, and then people could post the links as:
http:// myserver.com/FT-conga.php?ReferringFTMember
Even better if somebody has a Lotus Domino server and they could make it a .nsf Lotuscript agent instead of PHP.
I bet that the IB redirection wouldn't know what to do with that.
Sep 25, 2009 | 4:40 pm
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Sep 25, 2009 | 4:51 pm
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Along the same lines, what is adtmt.com, which seems to insert itself when I try to open threads from work for at least the last several months. About a third of the time, I get an error message, and sure enough if I hold the back-arrow dropdown, I see the site in the history. I usually have to hit refresh to get the page to link properly.
When opening up this thread, the backlink was:
http://view.atdmt.com/DEN/iview/1453045
When I try to open that URL up in a new window, work's controls refuse it. So can somebody tell me what they see when they go to that URL?
When opening up this thread, the backlink was:
http://view.atdmt.com/DEN/iview/1453045
When I try to open that URL up in a new window, work's controls refuse it. So can somebody tell me what they see when they go to that URL?
Sep 25, 2009 | 5:15 pm
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right >
if IB has an account for whatever site it is, they do. ill bet their people are running around making accounts at every site right now.
Sep 26, 2009 | 1:31 am
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if IB has an account for whatever site it is, they do. ill bet their people are running around making accounts at every site right now.
from me to IB.I bet IB never thinks of FT members' conga interruption when implementing this redirecting initiative.
