Fuck you LJ you slimy fucks.

[nsanity_au]

So LJ is whoring you out to some e-commerce/ad/tracking bullshit.

http://caffeinepuppy.livejournal.com/214632.html?format=light

LiveJournal has started snooping on outbound clicks, sliently redirecting outbound links through "outboundlink.net." This is enabled even for paid users, and the opt-out is so hidden/out of the way that what they're

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[smegforbrains83]

thanks!

I don't know if other users will have this problem but when I click on the link it doesn't work because it adds my username to the link and gives me a 404 error.

But works when I copy & paste the link into my browser.

Maybe edit instructions to help future users :)

[nsanity_au]

fixed - i think.

[smegforbrains83]

yeppo!

future clickers of mentioned link thank you :P

[tortoises]

Didn't they turn this off weeks ago after outrage?

[nsanity_au]

then promptly turned it back on it seems.

[sharplittlteeth]

They turned it off, "fixed" it, then turned it back on.

[ryoflame]

I was warned about this somewhere else... though I can't remember where. Luckily there's a fix though :) it's just a shame the major sites like Facebook and Livejournal resort to these sneaky little tricks.

[nsanity_au]

oh I understand why they do it. But I'm a paying customer (reluctantly) - I shouldn't have to put up with this shit.

[velvetmafia]

This is why I stopped renewing my paid account, ugh.

Thanks for the fix, this has been annoying me lately as it makes firefox on el-jay behave weirdly.

[chasethefeeling]

idgi? What is it doing ?

[nsanity_au]

Exposing your children/under-age siblings/friends kids to Child Pornography.