Niall said:
Leave all links working. If there's a problematic link, a moderator can disable it.
Yeeeeah... Originally, ages ago, we disabled links because we ended up with active links to sites defaming Laura + Cass, and we didn't want to either:
1. Drive traffic to them
2. Let them see people coming from this forum for strategic reasons
This then incorrectly exploded into
never actively linking to anyone.
Of course, it's never good to link to disinfo sites, but frankly the amount of traffic those sites will be getting from this forum amounts to a hill of beans. There are also other methods of tracking that don't involve links at all, so nowadays it's less important. Also, what people are sharing on social media seems to be way more important.
So, probably best if people stop worrying about it, and let mods deal with it if necessary as Niall said. Trying to turn this into a hard and fast rule that everyone is clearly worried about is kind of a waste of energy at this point, IMO.