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Anonymous
No.460
Instead of breaking links all over the place, why not just implement a dereferral script like the one over at 4chan.org?

I'd also like to ask you why you think breaking links in the first place is necessary. The only people that can see the referral header are website administrators. Website administrators have no reason to do anything negative to this website.

Just... Why? It just makes using links on the website a hassle, and gives you a false sense of security. BTW: Right click -> Open in New Tab still sends the referral header.
Atlas
Admin
No.461
462 463
breaking links is easier
we don't want this website to show up in search engines, which is how google's modern search engine works
if alot of websites link to you or vice versa your site could end up indexed because it's relevant
also I don't trust you
Sapphire_Star
Mod
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No.462
>>461
Link breaking is a temporary* fix since users can't self-moderate it on their own for the most part.

Also, welcome to chan boards. They should be hard to use. You probably don't remember early 4chan because it existed before this summer but unless you knew the ins and outs of posting you probably lost your first replies to not knowing how to noko
Anonymous
No.463
464
>>461
>we don't want this site to show up in search engines, which is how google's modern search engine works

In order for your site to be indexed, you have to use the web console. There is no other way that it is going to be indexed at all. And if you really don't want it to be indexed, that is what robots.txt is for. Breaking your links is not going to stop your site from being indexed, wew.

>I don't trust you
Well, I'm just a Discord user.
No.464
>>463
to add on to this:
Links going OUTBOUND doesn't mean you're bringing relevance to the site, most of the time. That's mostly handled by inbound links, which you have absolutely no control over.
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