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What is with this new "outboundlink.me" stuff on LJ?
I only noticed it because I tried clicking on a link while on my friends page and it would not let me. A quick google search indicated that it was because I use NoScript and I have livejournal.com whitelisted, but not this new site outboundlink.me ... I forbid livejournal.com and now I can click links again. Unfortunately LJ cannot detect what I am listening to through last.fm anymore.
From what I have read, which could be wrong, firefox needs to talk to outboundlink.me when dealing with links because LJ now sends information about what page you are on and the link that you are *hovering* over (you do not need to click on the link for this information to be sent). They are doing this because they are changing links to places like amazon.com to insert their own affiliate codes if one is not already present.
I only noticed it because I tried clicking on a link while on my friends page and it would not let me. A quick google search indicated that it was because I use NoScript and I have livejournal.com whitelisted, but not this new site outboundlink.me ... I forbid livejournal.com and now I can click links again. Unfortunately LJ cannot detect what I am listening to through last.fm anymore.
From what I have read, which could be wrong, firefox needs to talk to outboundlink.me when dealing with links because LJ now sends information about what page you are on and the link that you are *hovering* over (you do not need to click on the link for this information to be sent). They are doing this because they are changing links to places like amazon.com to insert their own affiliate codes if one is not already present.