Oh My Good Lord. You're doing random links from my posts!!!!!?!

[EdMcDunnough]

I just wrote something about tyres here and it turned my word 'e b a y' into a LINK!?!

WTF? I didn't do that! Is this going to turn into one of those forums where every other word is a link to some shite you never wanted to advertise look at in the first place?

What is going on???????

Sparkling Strawberries I KNEW IT.

Ann Summers should complain

Porn

Tis a business, we are punters.

Are we? Or are the companies who pay to advertise here?

Don't like.

Surprised that you thought people wouldn't mind it, HQ.

No, we are the punters. We think we get it for free but pay by buying stuff advertised here or on sites linked to.

Sounds a bit George Orwell. "We are the dead."

Maybe I'll just add the disclaimer

ANY LINKS IN THIS POST ARE ACCIDENTAL, PLEASE DO NOT CLICK ON THEM.

To the end of every post I type.

HQ are all very nice I'm sure, I've never had any dealings, but someone has to pay their mortgages. They don't do it because we're all BFFs or something.

By the way Kellogg's has two gs and an apos

If you don't want your shop or brand mentions to convert to links just add a space somewhere - like bode n.

WHAT is the problem?

You lot do realise that MN get revenue from every single amazon link on here, and likely plenty of other companies.

It's horrible

Looks tacky, cheap and virus-ridden

In particular, I dislike the implied endorsement. And the fact that it makes your posts appear as though you either want to promote a retailer or brand, or think that other people are too stupid to google for themselves.

It isn't useful as we can all link to things we want to draw attention to and it just means that people will spend longer composing posts that circumnavigate these auto-links. Finding new ways to write Purr Oona Speziale, for example.

HQ there must be less vulgar ways to generate revenue surely? I've always though a MN branded Gin would do very well especially in 'Wate Rose'

Because automatic linking to a site or brand looks like you as an individual is endorsing that brand. WHAT is the problem in understanding that? Would have thought it would be perfectly obvious .

Boden

eBay

Amazon

Weird, all links off. Though my phone wants to write Biden - guess it supports Obama.

But... surely when there are links on here (to amazon, for example) MNHQ get a kickback? I know I did when I had amazon links on my site?

I must have posted a thousand links to amazon over the years... must have generated oooh... £6?

and feck orf with yer Mintyy.

coke

Personally I must generate lots of income when on my phone.

I'm constantly scrolling to the bottom of the thread and hitting the adverts on there!

I just hate how it's using us chatting to generate income for companies we may not want to promote ourselves :(

Ha! God, I'm always linking shite on 'ere. Must have made millions for MN - my invoice is in the post

This is nasty. If you insist on doing it, mnhq, I think you owe it to us to make it clear exactly what will link and what will not. A list like the list of acronyms, so those who do not want their words turned into product endorsements can avoid it.

In the meantime I will just mistype everything. I'm guessing twatrose won't convert, but you all know where I mean (which is actually quite unhelpful to that brand, as I actually support them and get all my groceries there but you have forced me to refer to them in disparaging terms to avoid your new form of shite).

Likewise I never use the c word on here or irl, but I will say cuntingsainsburys on here just to avoid you linking from my posts.

HTH

I've just spent ages checking for malware. This is beyond shit mnhq :(

Not sure this is working as intended for MNHQ - has anyone hovered over bigfat's coke hyperlink? Alas, it is not to the drinks company