But the actual link he posted (app.link/NNNNN) is unique, at least I couldn't find it on Google, so it looks like a referral. He could have just posted celsiusnetwork.app.link or celsius.network.
Granted I don't know well enough how these branch.io referrals work so I'm not rushing to report it to mods. Just looks weird that this is his first post after a year-long break.
Topic: Tomatocage wakes up, posts a ref link... be careful - page 5. (Read 1799 times)
Are you saying Bitcointalk replaced the link?
Oh no. I meant some of these new websites have campaigns to check where the traffic is coming from rather who is bringing it. So assuming branch_match_id being the unique ID for links redirected via/from bitcointalk, the business would know how many site visits they've gotten from bitcointalk. Also, if the said condition is true, they wouldn't know who is bringing the traffic that is Tomatocage is not actually sharing any ref links.
Are you saying Bitcointalk replaced the link?
How can you be sure that is a referral link? The query params /?_branch_match_id = xyz could be the campaign link that is redirected via bitcointalk. Usually, all the paid/affiliate referrals start with the route /ref/id or /ref_id = ''. I don't know which one it is but too early to conclude it is as a referral link at this point.
Edit June 10: Tomatocage signed a message with an old address from March 2015:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=37522
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bitcoin-loan-5151461
http://archive.is/rog7J#selection-3231.0-3231.16
Don't know what to think here.
Or here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;u=37522
Bare sig (Bitcoin-QT compatible):
Address: 1FLnpvdXL6ooBpFj2LHqZxQsrxn2voj5uv (from https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.10820715)
Message: Tomatocage June 10th, 2019
Signature: HAg+ZTakWF8zt6Q8PrdF2x+dVJpmXx2uuDuyMmZbj1zDAj1sAD4mfvPRudH/KgD2fKIKv1NkQO9B0T5lY5nIsx8=
Address: 1FLnpvdXL6ooBpFj2LHqZxQsrxn2voj5uv (from https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.10820715)
Message: Tomatocage June 10th, 2019
Signature: HAg+ZTakWF8zt6Q8PrdF2x+dVJpmXx2uuDuyMmZbj1zDAj1sAD4mfvPRudH/KgD2fKIKv1NkQO9B0T5lY5nIsx8=
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=37522
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bitcoin-loan-5151461
http://archive.is/rog7J#selection-3231.0-3231.16
Don't know what to think here.
Or here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;u=37522
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