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I have added an "interstitial" page when linking to off-site places.
It looks like this:
This applies to all [url] codes in forum posts, signatures, PMs, profiles... All of them.
By default, PFQ links and shortlinks are "trusted" and will skip this page. Any links to websites you have marked as "trusted" will also skip the page in future.
Please note that this does not change the rules on what links you can post. Links should still go to reasonable places, and must still be clearly labelled. But it does mean that we can be a little more relaxed when it comes to things like linking to YouTube videos or other websites with a "comments" section that may be difficult, or downright impossible, to moderate.
The Marketboard now reveals the name of the buyers on the History list. Sellers remain anonymous. This has been done to try and help limit the impact of potential "price fixing", where a buyer can try to fake high demand on an item by buying them themselves, producing an artificial "shortage". Now, such a scheme can be seen by checking the item history. If someone buys up a large amount of items and then tries to re-sell them (eg. on the Trade Forums), now you know! It's not against the rules to do this, but it can be seen as dishonest, so that's why this change was made.
It looks like this:
This applies to all [url] codes in forum posts, signatures, PMs, profiles... All of them.
By default, PFQ links and shortlinks are "trusted" and will skip this page. Any links to websites you have marked as "trusted" will also skip the page in future.
Please note that this does not change the rules on what links you can post. Links should still go to reasonable places, and must still be clearly labelled. But it does mean that we can be a little more relaxed when it comes to things like linking to YouTube videos or other websites with a "comments" section that may be difficult, or downright impossible, to moderate.
The Marketboard now reveals the name of the buyers on the History list. Sellers remain anonymous. This has been done to try and help limit the impact of potential "price fixing", where a buyer can try to fake high demand on an item by buying them themselves, producing an artificial "shortage". Now, such a scheme can be seen by checking the item history. If someone buys up a large amount of items and then tries to re-sell them (eg. on the Trade Forums), now you know! It's not against the rules to do this, but it can be seen as dishonest, so that's why this change was made.
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