List of banned URLs

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A while back, I posted a link to Let Me Google That For You in chat. It was picked up by the SO bot and I got banned for 30min. Not fun.

For future reference, is there a complete list of banned URLs available? Can this be added to the Chat FAQ?

I never knew anything was "banned" on chat. People must have just flagged you. — Naftali, Nov 19, 2012 at 16:26
What @amanaPlanaCAnalPAnaMA said, the 30min suspension is most likely a result of people flagging your messages and not of a filter. If LMGTFY was banned in chat you wouldn't be able to post it in the first place. — yannis, Nov 19, 2012 at 16:27
+1, fair enough to have list of sites that are "frowned upon". — Shadow Wizard Love Zelda, Nov 19, 2012 at 16:28
@ShaWizDowArd yes, but nothing in chat (that I know of yet) is "banned" — Naftali, Nov 19, 2012 at 16:31
There is no such thing as a "List of banned URLs." Enough People (actual humans) flagged your message as offensive, and thus you got auto-suspended. Out of curiosity, why do you bring this up now? It was almost three weeks ago. — balpha, Nov 19, 2012 at 16:40
@balpha We've got a chat bot in the JS room. If lmgtfy and other links were autobanned (like I thought they were), it could be a serious security issue. This wasn't me complaining about the ban. I'm sorry if it came across as that. — SomeKittens, Nov 19, 2012 at 16:44
@SomeKittens but they are not.... and it did come across as a complaint. Think before posting about being banned or anything of that nature. It usually reflects back at you on meta... I know from experience.... — Naftali, Nov 19, 2012 at 16:45
@balpha fair enough, what about list of sites that are frowned upon by many users? — Shadow Wizard Love Zelda, Nov 19, 2012 at 20:58

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-20 10:31:07Z

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I do not believe LMGTFY is banned in chat (or any other URL for that matter)

What probably happened was that someone flagged your post, and others flagged it as well to make it so that you were banned for 30 minutes.

If it was really "banned", then there would be a message stating so on chat.

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answered Nov 19, 2012 at 16:28

Naftali

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Your link has nothing to do with chat. I was banned by a bot, not a mod.
– SomeKittens
Nov 19, 2012 at 16:31
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Yeah, sounds like someone flagged it; not sure if chat has a blacklist actually. And if it did, it just prevents you from posting X, it doesn't let you post it, then suspend you for it.
– Ben Brocka
Nov 19, 2012 at 16:31
@SomeKittens you have proof of this mysterious "bot"? I do not know of any SO bots in chat that exist (yet)
– Naftali
Nov 19, 2012 at 16:32
It was either Community or Feeds. I don't remember which.
– SomeKittens
Nov 19, 2012 at 16:33
@SomeKittens niether of them are active on chat. Feeds just posts from a feed. and Community doesn't do anything (that I know of) in chat.
– Naftali
Nov 19, 2012 at 16:33
@amanaPlanaCAnalPAnaMA Community sometimes posts her sonnets in chat. Typically they are horrible.
– yannis
Nov 19, 2012 at 16:49
@YannisRizos o rly? Do you have an example? I never knew that Community was a poet! ^_^
– Naftali
Nov 19, 2012 at 16:50
@amanaPlanaCAnalPAnaMA Hm, I usually delete them on sight, so nope.
– yannis
Nov 19, 2012 at 16:50
@YannisRizos if you don't have proof. It doesn't exist! :-P
– Naftali
Nov 19, 2012 at 16:51

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