Why the paranoid coding of links?

[ddlshack]

Hmm I guess. The reason I asked this is because people were complaining about my javascript link checker making the links live. I don't get why this was a problem. I assumed that it was because of referrer. The phishing and text shortening doesn't apply to this scenerio, so I really don't get it

ddlshack Reviewed by ddlshack on 24th Nov 2009. Why the paranoid coding of links? Why are most webmasters so paranoid about giving away their site url to rapidshare by having live links? I mean I just don't get it, why would rapidshare want to catch people? Don't you think rapidshare realise that they make 99.9% of their money off piracy? And even if they did want to catch people, what use would a site url be? I mean why not just go on google and type in 'warez site'? Don't you think people should be more concerned about giving away their paypal address to them? That can be Rating: 5

[shadow.prx]

Hmm I guess. The reason I asked this is because people were complaining about my javascript link checker

I wasnt complaining i was just asking

[JmZ]

Hmm I guess. The reason I asked this is because people were complaining about my javascript link checker making the links live. I don't get why this was a problem. I assumed that it was because of referrer. The phishing and text shortening doesn't apply to this scenerio, so I really don't get it

Again, easier to copy paste. Nobody cares about the referer.

People don't want to have to copy each link seperately, one-by-one. They want to be able to highlight the lot and have copied a complete list.