New TLDs lead to unfiltered links

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#1

Image says it all:

Because the .space TLD works, as seen with this http://free-robux.space/
(I’m surprised roblox.space didn’t get used)

Also notice the fact that the comment clearly contains http://, because why not.

Completely off-topic: Can we get rid of “Title must be at least 15 characters” already?

EDIT: Oh surprise, it’s our good friend Chiba Muller again.
Not the first time he makes a phishing website for ROBLOX.
(This is also a new one, with also Dutch formfields, which he always does)

#2

Honestly, ROBLOX should probably just blacklist anything that can be turned into a URL and only whitelist certain URLs. Wouldn’t be that hard, to be honest, but people will always find a way to circumvent it, and it may end up filtering real posts.

Another thing they could do is block messages containing ‘http://’ - it’ll probably throw the scammer(s) off for a bit while they try and figure out why their messages are being filtered.

But really, we need to educate the users more. Maybe another set of blog posts?

#3

Anything including “free” “robux” & “http” should be flagged for moderation. Or maybe a combination of the three.

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#4

I’m thinking (‘free’ and ‘robux’) or (‘robux’ and ‘http’) - because that’s probably the most conservative for legitimate posts

#5

“New TLDs lead to unfiltered links”

It took me four hours to come up with this title for you. You’re welcome.

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#6

Better than “New TLDs (Title must be at least 15 characters)” for sure.