Facebook External Link Kill

blizam

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So you get a link being shared around FB too much that FB users decide they don't like and they report it enough to get it killed...

Ya know, where when the link is thusly attempted to be clicked again inside of FB, FB's redirector (http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=) displays the following message instead of letting the user proceed to your link:

-Sorry

The link you are trying to visit has been reported as abusive by Facebook users. To learn more about staying safe on the internet, visit Facebook's Security Page. Please also read the Wikipedia articles on malware and phishing.


My question: When FB does this are they explicitly blocking the entire url? The root domain? The IP?

What if the link is an IP itself? ie: http://1.2.3.4/dietmania/acai/fishoil.html


Thanks in advance
 


sigh... that's just my humor... that's not what I'm doing... I was just using that as an example of a link 3 folders down...

//I'm sure you're only an affiliate for prestigious offers like pharmaceutical lawsuits and acne treatments
 
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Anecdotally facebook kills domain names only, not IPs, when they ban external links... guess I'll find out soon enough if this is true