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Trying something once will increace your chances of success, because you tried it. Try someting twice, and your chances increase yet again - seeing as you've done it. Try something a few thousand times, and your chances of success is exponentially increased; this increase would likely provide success every time
Posted by: HeyBlade789
I think a black list of links would be a good idea, but damn hard to update!!
Going to an old thread of mine, it really wouldn't be too difficult to update. Allow the Master Moderators to add a URL to a blacklist, seeing as they're the only ones that can permaban. Add in a little box that asks if the moderator wants to add a URL to the list, add the URL - done.
It definitely has its flaws with sites like photobucket, imageshack, and of course link shortening. But, overall, I'd imagine it would do a pretty decent job of keeping the main shock sites off of B.Net.
Posted by: erac2detsaw2
This logic is more flawed than the first analogy. By this logic you're stating that just by being here, "walking these halls" so to speak, were being "bullied" by malicious content. Nobody here is forcing people to click these links. If we just stumbled upon someone in a thread that has naughty things in their post that's a different story.
To use your analogy, we shouldn't blame the bullies for setting up a closed door with a sign that says "FREE CANDY" and then beating up those who walk in. We should blame the kids who didn't listen to their parents and accepted candy from strangers.
How are users not being "bullied" by malicious content? See this thread title? Search "Shock Site" in the Community Forum and you'll see many, many more like it. Sure, nobody's forcing someone to click it, but they do. Seeing as it's been happening quiet frequently and sometimes it's kind of hard to tell due to their slyness. End-users responsibility to check? Yes, but to those that don't know the common sense of the internet, it's about as much of a bully as any bully I've met.
As for your analogy of my analogy, I agree. But, who's going to teach a new internet user that common sense? They can find out the hard way by clicking on a bad link a couple dozen times till it sticks, or they can browse the internet for safe browsing tips.
The difference between your analogy and mine, is that yours uses a third party (parents) - mine doesn't. On the internet, there is no third party, unless you actively search for one - which most people don't do.