I know, I know, this is just another “ban x” forum, but this one has a valid reasoning.

Adf.ly is a URL shortener which can give the URL creator money whenever the link is clicked. The catch is that the ads frequently are malicious. To someone who is new to the internet, they might click the ads thinking that’s what they were supposed to do and then get a nasty virus.

URL shorteners are already blocked if I recall correctly due to potentially linking to unsafe sites.

So, technically, links to this site are already against the rules. So I think that adf.ly links should be banned in the comment section, though mentioning adf.ly shouldn’t be against the rules in situations where someone is warning another person about why it’s dangerous.

Support, allowing that site could be dangerous.

But I only support if the word Adf isn't blacklisted on it's own, maybe keywords like Adf, dot, period, and if they were together the bad word detector would go off.

Support, on my old computer when I was younger, I used to click on ads all the time… That wasn't the best for the computer. I had to factory reset it awhile ago too.

MeIzAwezomeDede wrote:

Support, on my old computer when I was younger, I used to click on ads all the time… That wasn't the best for the computer. I had to factory reset it awhile ago too.

Ouch, that sounds painful. I’m sorry you had to experience that.
I’m fortunate enough to have not gotten any viruses from adfly as far as I know. Plus I have Adblock and Malwarebytes.

Shajiui_Da_Black_Fox wrote:

Support, allowing that site could be dangerous.

But I only support if the word Adf isn't blacklisted on it's own, maybe keywords like Adf, dot, period, and if they were together the bad word detector would go off.

I’m thinking just adf.ly links when they include the URL to a site.

M1mikyu wrote:

URL shorteners are already blocked if I recall correctly due to potentially linking to unsafe sites.

(…) mentioning adf.ly shouldn’t be against the rules in situations where someone is warning another person about why it’s dangerous.

I'm a little confused about what you're suggesting, then. Yes, using URL shorteners is already not allowed for the reason you state, and since adf.ly is a link shortener, it would fall under that category.

So, by “ban this link” I would assume you mean “blacklist it in comments so no one can even say it.” But then you state that you should be able to mention it to warn others about it — which wouldn't be possible if we blacklisted it.

So, either this is already implemented, or there is something else in your suggestion that I'm missing.

Za-Chary wrote:

M1mikyu wrote:

URL shorteners are already blocked if I recall correctly due to potentially linking to unsafe sites.

(…) mentioning adf.ly shouldn’t be against the rules in situations where someone is warning another person about why it’s dangerous.

I'm a little confused about what you're suggesting, then. Yes, using URL shorteners is already not allowed for the reason you state, and since adf.ly is a link shortener, it would fall under that category.

So, by “ban this link” I would assume you mean “blacklist it in comments so no one can even say it.” But then you state that you should be able to mention it to warn others about it — which wouldn't be possible if we blacklisted it.

So, either this is already implemented, or there is something else in your suggestion that I'm missing.

I’m suggesting banning links that are adf.ly/(insert numbers here), but allowing people to still say adf.ly, or just say adfly. There’s certainly situations where saying its name would be okay, such as:

“Many Minecraft mods have adfly links”
“Be careful using adfly! It can contain viruses”
“I don’t like adfly”

And anything similar to that.

Support, it also has some NSFW ads and many of them are not for kids or even teens. I've run into adfly once or twice and many of the ad links are blocked by my antivirus thingy. Also, rb.gy is one that isn't blacklisted.

Massive support for the following reasons:

1. Adfly is a URL shortener, which isn't allowed.
   
2. Adfly is commercial spam, which isn't allowed.
   
3. Adfly has many inappropriate ads.
   
4. Adfly has many malicious ads.
   
5. Adfly has many misleading ads which trick you away from your destination, such as fake download buttons, fake Flash updates, etc.
   
6. Adfly sometimes forces people to enable notifications in order to get to their destination. Keep in mind that there isn't any logical reason for adfly having notifications, so this ends up in users being spammed with ads and malicious or sketchy notifications.
   

On adfly's website, they say that “All advertising is strictly family-safe with no pop-ups. Anti-virus and malware servers are scanning the adverts 24/7.”, but a large amount of people can verify that the statement is false. A quick google search will tell you that the site is filled with pop-ups, malware, and non family-safe ads.

no support, people wouldn't be able to warn people about Adfly

OhOkSir12345 wrote:

no support, people wouldn't be able to warn people about Adfly

Well, only links could be banned, i.e “adf.ly/”.

AnimatorsParadise wrote:

OhOkSir12345 wrote:

no support, people wouldn't be able to warn people about Adfly

Well, only links could be banned, i.e “adf.ly/”.

Yeah, for this reason only the LINKS should be banned, but saying “adfly is a virus” should be allowed (also, there’s a chrome extension that can make it possible to skip ads if it’s necessary). Or if someone is making a virus simulator project and they want adfly to be one of the viruses in it.

All sites there suck.

Support, I have been lead to scam sites by adfly in multiple occasions.

BlueDragonKai wrote:

Support, I have been lead to scam sites by adfly in multiple occasions.

Yes I have too, thats like the only thing they will put on ad-lie! He he.

Adf.ly is really bad, it asks for access to notifications and promotes scam sites as well.

reallysoftuser wrote:

Adf.ly is really bad, it asks for access to notifications and promotes scam sites as well.

And what I say to that is that's all ad.fly is! Just turds!

This stuff needs to stop or else I'm going to try to DDOS adf.ly (obviously a joke sorry)

Support, adf.ly’s ads are pretty suspicious.

starhero5697 wrote:

Support, adf.ly’s ads are pretty suspicious.

People, stop saying sus

Sealington wrote:

People, stop saying sus

Off topic…

Sealington wrote:

starhero5697 wrote:

Support, adf.ly’s ads are pretty suspicious.

People, stop saying sus

What why off-topic