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Facebook won't let me post a link to this torrent. Anyone know a way around? URL shorteners don't help.

by emilis_info 15y ago

davorak 15y ago
I was unaware of that level of censorship at Facebook. Where are you trying to post it.
- emilis_info 15y ago
  I am trying to post a link to the PirateBay page in my personal news feed. I get a message about abusive content.
- andresmh 15y ago
  Me too. I even tried to share a link to http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5023425/Holy_Bible%28s%29_-_Public_Domain http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5023425/Holy_Bible%28s%29_-_... but it was denied
- mathew1988 15y ago
  Facebook even censors pirate bay links within private messages between you and friends iirc. They don't block select other torrent sites though. They're a bit odd like that. Some more info http://torrentfreak.com/facebook-blocks-all-pirate-bay-links-090408/ http://torrentfreak.com/facebook-blocks-all-pirate-bay-links...
- rdkls 15y ago
  Looks like FB blocks links to torrent detail pages on TPB. Best I could do was post a link to things tagged with JSTOR (there's only one): http://thepiratebay.org/tag/JSTOR http://thepiratebay.org/tag/JSTOR
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alanh 15y ago
Well, a manual level if indirection would solve it — publish a web page with a little more than a link to the Pirate Bay page; and post a link to that page, on Facebook. If you use Simplenote’s published page feature or Dropbox’s public folder, this can take but a minute.
- emilis_info 15y ago
  I created a simple page with a single frame in it containing the TPB page. This did the job. Didn't want to write any blog posts about it, just point people to the original page.
aristus 15y ago
Looking into it. That domain is not blocked. It is possible to post links to the root domain, just not deep links. It could be a bug or misconfiguration on their side. FB does a ping to posted links to grab the title, thumbnail, etc. That seems to be failing for deeplinks to TPB.
jfriedly 15y ago
I believe FB blocks links to TPB. They actually changed my password and sent me an email saying that they thought my account had been compromised when I tried to do it once. However, as alanh said, a little redirection will work to post it. Edit: Source: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090507/1152134782.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090507/1152134782.shtml
- cpach 15y ago
  Something like this maybe? http://www.google.com/search?q=577d58aa66beaceb71518ec417ab3764965024a9 http://www.google.com/search?q=577d58aa66beaceb71518ec417ab3...
redthrowaway 15y ago
Post it on twitter, then post a link to your tweet on facebook.
wacker_t 15y ago
take a try with this copy-paste-tool: http://www.clicktoapp.com http://www.clicktoapp.com

Facebook won't let me post a link to this torrent. Anyone know a way around? URL shorteners don't help.

davorak 15y ago

I was unaware of that level of censorship at Facebook. Where are you trying to post it.

emilis_info 15y ago
I am trying to post a link to the PirateBay page in my personal news feed. I get a message about abusive content.
andresmh 15y ago
Me too. I even tried to share a link to http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5023425/Holy_Bible%28s%29_-_Public_Domain http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5023425/Holy_Bible%28s%29_-_... but it was denied
mathew1988 15y ago
Facebook even censors pirate bay links within private messages between you and friends iirc. They don't block select other torrent sites though. They're a bit odd like that. Some more info http://torrentfreak.com/facebook-blocks-all-pirate-bay-links-090408/ http://torrentfreak.com/facebook-blocks-all-pirate-bay-links...
rdkls 15y ago
Looks like FB blocks links to torrent detail pages on TPB. Best I could do was post a link to things tagged with JSTOR (there's only one): http://thepiratebay.org/tag/JSTOR http://thepiratebay.org/tag/JSTOR

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alanh 15y ago

Well, a manual level if indirection would solve it — publish a web page with a little more than a link to the Pirate Bay page; and post a link to that page, on Facebook. If you use Simplenote’s published page feature or Dropbox’s public folder, this can take but a minute.

emilis_info 15y ago
I created a simple page with a single frame in it containing the TPB page. This did the job. Didn't want to write any blog posts about it, just point people to the original page.

aristus 15y ago

Looking into it. That domain is not blocked. It is possible to post links to the root domain, just not deep links. It could be a bug or misconfiguration on their side. FB does a ping to posted links to grab the title, thumbnail, etc. That seems to be failing for deeplinks to TPB.

jfriedly 15y ago

I believe FB blocks links to TPB. They actually changed my password and sent me an email saying that they thought my account had been compromised when I tried to do it once. However, as alanh said, a little redirection will work to post it. Edit: Source: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090507/1152134782.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090507/1152134782.shtml

cpach 15y ago
Something like this maybe? http://www.google.com/search?q=577d58aa66beaceb71518ec417ab3764965024a9 http://www.google.com/search?q=577d58aa66beaceb71518ec417ab3...

redthrowaway 15y ago

Post it on twitter, then post a link to your tweet on facebook.

wacker_t 15y ago

take a try with this copy-paste-tool: http://www.clicktoapp.com http://www.clicktoapp.com