Oh well...it seems this has been discussed before, but I didn't see the topic prior writing this one. My bad.
But, as far as I see, it past almost an year since then... Maybe theymos forgot about that suggestion. Maybe after seeing this thread he will decide to make the change

I think it would be useful to restrict the link in the Website entry to a site owned and run by the member including the link.

Using the website box to spam an affiliate link is similar to using an ICQ box in my opinion. I think it is misleading to call it "website", and then use it for other purposes. Maybe we should dump the unused social media entries, and introduce a couple of affiliation entries. This would make it clear that it isn't the members website.

You don't have to apologize even if you had used the search feature you wouldn't have found that discussion ^{( something which needs work )}. Hence why @TryNinja suggested to "google search".


From what I believe how this information is stored is in MySQL database, there are respective columns for each "Social network" and the values are stored in a row. If the columns are renamed to the other "Networks" that should do the trick but I guess it's not a priority for now...


The only "usefulness" I see is to prevent scams/phishing but then again its something which isn't moderated here, tbh I don't think we need it. What am interested in tho is what kind of click-rate do these website URLs get each month...


One of the ways that could be achieved could be via placing a small code in the header of the website you "own". Just like Google Adsense. You place a small code in your header which is then verified by google crawlers.

I agree with you. Profile page of users should be kept as simple and clean as possible. It is not good if the forum allows 10-20-50 lines to add external platforms' links. Now we have Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Telegram,etc. But the list will become longer.

Yeah, these social networks is outdated, or doesn't works at all anymore. Personally, I haven't ever used most of them in my life . I only remember having MSN account.
Probably it would be good thing to remove them, but I think it's not big issue. Probably in new forum software it will be removed, so I think it's worth all hassle to remove them now.
But personally, I don't think that these things is really needed. If new social networks would be added, I wouldn't upload links to it for privacy reasons. Maybe it's enough to have email, Telegram and Discord fields.
BTW, OP, one of your mentioned services - Skype is already available here for long time, maybe since launch of Bitcointalk.

It's also unlikely that one would want to link their bitcointalk account to their Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. These platforms are not geared towards privacy rather exposure and would compromise a lot of accounts. It's a choice however and some users may want then available, but I don't think it's sufficient incentive tmfir the admins to implement considering the hint at how difficult it is.

The 90s kid will remember how MSN used to be the bomb. All those nudges and emojis

My ICQ number is seven digits long and I know someone who's number was six digits long.  I had been using it via a third party application enabling me to use other ICQ style chat channels on my laptop (the names were in one list and in the background they were processed via the various applications (ICQ mIRC etc)).

I downloaded the ICQ program about 18 months ago, but didn't get around to installing it.  I did read at the time that their focus was changing, or something or other.

I'll definately miss ICQ.

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Removing those links list a simple matter of a couple of mouse clicks - I suspect NO ONE has enough clearance to do that hence it and a number of other features that can be modified haven't been.

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<OT>There's another thread concerning splitting a thread into two new topics, this is also a feature of SMF that is rarely used here.</ot>