Does any of you know which of these social media have been included in the new update of the forum? Are there plans to include specific one, or will they be ignored?
In general, I did not pay attention to them and I think there is no point in adding them, as it increases the confusion of a forum that focus on texting.
Topic: Suggestion to change the obsolete social media from account info - page 2. (Read 618 times)
January 18, 2020, 01:15:00 PM
January 17, 2020, 08:53:14 AM
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Oh well...it seems this has been discussed before, but I didn't see the topic prior writing this one. My bad.
You don't have to apologize even if you had used the search feature you wouldn't have found that discussion ( something which needs work ). Hence why @TryNinja suggested to "google search".
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I doubt it's a priority and from the quote above it doesn't look like it's a quick/easy fix to remove them, but them being there isn't really an issue.
From what I believe how this information is stored is in MySQL database, there are respective columns for each "Social network" and the values are stored in a row. If the columns are renamed to the other "Networks" that should do the trick but I guess it's not a priority for now...
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I think it would be useful to restrict the link in the Website entry to a site owned and run by the member including the link.
The only "usefulness" I see is to prevent scams/phishing but then again its something which isn't moderated here, tbh I don't think we need it. What am interested in tho is what kind of click-rate do these website URLs get each month...
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But how would you enforce that? And besides, I like using it for other stuff.
One of the ways that could be achieved could be via placing a small code in the header of the website you "own". Just like Google Adsense. You place a small code in your header which is then verified by google crawlers.
January 17, 2020, 08:14:58 AM
I think it would be useful to restrict the link in the Website entry to a site owned and run by the member including the link.
But how would you enforce that? And besides, I like using it for other stuff. People also often use them as part of their sig campaign or to put a ref link in there or something. I think the only links I would possibly restrict was in the feedback section and links to bitcointalk threads only should be accepted as I've seen a few users use them maliciously and spam advertise or link to things they shouldn't be there.
(( Implementing something like keybase instead of the forums standard PM system might also be a really big improvement... eg. link your Bitcointalk account with your keybase account and people can, instead of Pming you over the forum (insecure!), PM you over your keybase account. (Just a button that'd open keybase with your linked username i guess, and people can cryptographically verify on Keybase that that account is actually linked to your bitcointalk account.) ))
As of right now though; I don't think it works with bitcointalk, which is really a shame.
(I haven't looked into how hard it would be for bitcointalk to add such integration, but i think it'd be really cool to verify your bitcointalk account with your keybase account, and vice versa.)
January 17, 2020, 08:10:36 AM
Using the website box to spam an affiliate link is similar to using an ICQ box in my opinion. I think it is misleading to call it "website", and then use it for other purposes. Maybe we should dump the unused social media entries, and introduce a couple of affiliation entries. This would make it clear that it isn't the members website.
January 17, 2020, 07:30:01 AM
I think it would be useful to restrict the link in the Website entry to a site owned and run by the member including the link.
But how would you enforce that? And besides, I like using it for other stuff. People also often use them as part of their sig campaign or to put a ref link in there or something. I think the only links I would possibly restrict was in the feedback section and links to bitcointalk threads only should be accepted as I've seen a few users use them maliciously and spam advertise or link to things they shouldn't be there.
January 17, 2020, 07:19:01 AM
I think it would be useful to restrict the link in the Website entry to a site owned and run by the member including the link.
January 17, 2020, 07:11:20 AM
I doubt it's a priority and from the quote above it doesn't look like it's a quick/easy fix to remove them, but them being there isn't really an issue. I don't even notice them to be honest and I even had to check that they were publicly displayed if you hadn't filled the details in. You could even use them to put some other info there as there's not much space for additional info (contact or otherwise) and others have done this in the past. I'm sure on the new forum there will be ones for all the current big socials and if not I'm sure they'll be added at some point.
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January 17, 2020, 05:30:11 AM
Let’s google first to see if things have been suggested before. 
Oh well...it seems this has been discussed before, but I didn't see the topic prior writing this one. My bad.
But, as far as I see, it past almost an year since then... Maybe theymos forgot about that suggestion. Maybe after seeing this thread he will decide to make the change
January 17, 2020, 04:33:35 AM
Let’s google first to see if things have been suggested before.
What similar things do people use now?
Those fields are actually built a bit deeply into SMF for some reason, so it's not completely trivial to change, but it can be done. Low on my to-do list, though, as hugeblack mentioned.
PGP fingerprints are SHA-1, which is insecure. The OpenPGP standard really needs a complete new revision...
Those fields are actually built a bit deeply into SMF for some reason, so it's not completely trivial to change, but it can be done. Low on my to-do list, though, as hugeblack mentioned.
I’ve long thought there should be a spot for PGP fingerprint.
PGP fingerprints are SHA-1, which is insecure. The OpenPGP standard really needs a complete new revision...
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January 17, 2020, 04:30:03 AM
As of now, at the account info are available the following (obsolete) social media: ICQ, AIM, MSN and YIM.
- ICQ is not used anymore or is used only by a few people. Its servers were shut down in December 2018.
- AIM was shut down in December 2017 but even before this date it wasn't used anymore.
- MSN desn't exist anymore under this name since 2005 when it was rebranded as Windows Live Messenger, but even this new form of MSN was shut down in 2013.
-YIM was shut down in July 2018.
Considering all of the above, is it the time to change these social media from the profile info (if it is technically possible)? Maybe they can be replaced with Telegram, Discord, Skype and Instagram, for example.
- ICQ is not used anymore or is used only by a few people. Its servers were shut down in December 2018.
- AIM was shut down in December 2017 but even before this date it wasn't used anymore.
- MSN desn't exist anymore under this name since 2005 when it was rebranded as Windows Live Messenger, but even this new form of MSN was shut down in 2013.
-YIM was shut down in July 2018.
Considering all of the above, is it the time to change these social media from the profile info (if it is technically possible)? Maybe they can be replaced with Telegram, Discord, Skype and Instagram, for example.
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