User profile website field abuse

[kaizer01]

oh don't worry i'm gonna put google.com and also facebook to my profile

kaizer01 Reviewed by kaizer01 on 13th Oct 2011. User profile website field abuse I have seen many users putting "google.com" and "besthostingforums.com" in their website field. Does it make any sense? I think this field should be used only for the sites you "own", not the sites you admire; there's a difference. In my opinion, a rule should be made for this. Also, we can have another field for "Favourite websites" where you can add links to whatever site you like. But putting links of sites you don't even "own" is meaningless, and in a way, its "abusing" the feature. Rating: 5

[hulkman]

Whats the problem you got with the sites they add. Their profile their wish ... Admiring=Sharing . Whats wrong in adding the site they most admire like i mostly admire both google and KWWH .

[Cooper]

Whats the problem you got with the sites they add. Their profile their wish ... Admiring=Sharing . Whats wrong in adding the site they most admire like i mostly admire both google and KWWH .

Ok lets go balls out.

1)

When i am an buyer looking for some service then first thing i would look is what sites the seller has.
As right now we can add any sites as our own it greats problems.

We could fix it with simple mod but oh well looks like its 2 much to ask.

2)

If i am an Co Owner on some site and i would like to display it on my profile then it can suck if we will add this mod.
Only way to bypass it is to add 2 types of tags and these are Owner and Partner.

3)

You might think that what harm can simple URL in profile cause.
Well if you are long time member and you will add some random high end forum to your profile while you are selling it on random marketplace then its called scam.
Buyer from that marketplace will come here here,look that you are old member and you have that site in your profile and might agree with the sale.

I could add 7 more reasons why we should remove or modify the adding URL in profile but i wont waste yours or my time doing it.