# VigLink

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viglink/782393>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [March 17, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viglink/782393 "2017-03-17T12:26:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viglink/782393/1 "2017-03-17T12:26:49Z")

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I get that the board has to make money, but this service that intercepts outbound links and re-directs me to a splash page with ads is an awful use of web technology.

But, whatever.

The problem is when it attempts to do so for non-shopping-related links, such as this:

[http://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go&jsonp=vglnk\_148975330339021&key=ce270d38103a630c3181db372a25a052&libId=j0dsgtzk010004p6000DLg3qjolvi&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fboards.straightdope.com%2Fsdmb%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D821783&v=1&out=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2017%2F03%2F17%2Fopinion%2Fconservative-fantasies-colliding-with-reality.html&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fboards.straightdope.com%2Fsdmb%2Fforumdisplay.php%3Ff%3D4&title=These%2080%20Programs%20Would%20Lose%20Federal%20Funding%20Under%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20Proposed%20Budget%20-%20Straight%20Dope%20Message%20Board&txt=Paul%20Krugman](http://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_148975330339021&key=ce270d38103a630c3181db372a25a052&libId=j0dsgtzk010004p6000DLg3qjolvi&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fboards.straightdope.com%2Fsdmb%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D821783&v=1&out=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2017%2F03%2F17%2Fopinion%2Fconservative-fantasies-colliding-with-reality.html&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fboards.straightdope.com%2Fsdmb%2Fforumdisplay.php%3Ff%3D4&title=These%2080%20Programs%20Would%20Lose%20Federal%20Funding%20Under%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20Proposed%20Budget%20-%20Straight%20Dope%20Message%20Board&txt=Paul%20Krugman)

Wait . . . I can’t even copy a link address without it being jumbled up with that junk? Come on SDMB. Turn that feature off, and let me copy a link in peace.

Anyway, the link is the one in [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20073085&postcount=2). Interestingly, when I click the link to the NY Times from this “post” page, it doesn’t redirect me, but when I [go to the thread and click the link from there](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=821783) it does.

Anyway, please turn off the sensitivity on this “feature”. I’m not sure what logic it’s using, but it’s broken.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viglink/782393/2 "2017-03-17T12:55:47Z")

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[Opt out of VigLink](http://www.viglink.com/opt-out/)

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**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viglink/782393/3 "2017-03-17T12:58:35Z")

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> [@cochrane](#):
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> [Opt out of VigLink](http://www.viglink.com/opt-out/)

Thanks! That’s super-helpful!

(I still want to grumble about needing to opt out of having website functionality be broken. _grumble grumble grumble_)

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**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viglink/782393/4 "2017-03-20T20:58:49Z")

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VigLink screwed up. You shouldn’t be seeing any further redirects. We apologize for the inconvenience.