Allow Linking to Curseforge / Sourceforge

[winged vector]

As tin says. I understand blocking URLs but whitelisting relevant ones might be a good idea

[winged vector]

tried to link someone the forge download page but wasn't allowed because "not relevant URL"

[cobalt stream]

i understand how this could be much more convenient but it'd also let some users send malicious downloads disguised as safe, using text overlay you can hide a link behind another link making it look like it'd lead you to a specific mod when it'd actually be a trojan mod disguised as the mod you thought it was
i do agree with the idea but i see the downsides of it.

[winged vector]

let me put it like this:
"how do i get the right forge version"
"google the thing i just googled, like this, then click on the third link"
"ok what do i google"
"[x]"
"ok the third link got it, where do i click to download"
"ok go to #media theres a picture itll serve as a map"
"i clicked on the ad instead and now i have bing toolbar"

if you really want to trojan someone, it's as simple as going to their DMs and having them click on a link, or hacking their webstream so that it modifies their sites, hosts file or some other bs that's just as effective as having someone click on a malicious link

you can use an extension to check the syntax (whitelist URL portions) of the link and delete it if it doesn't match

that doesn't check the text overlay that checks the link

there's tons of other servers which allow selected URL domains, who are also aware of that age-old text overlay trick

anyway that's the suggestion

[gusty dagger]

the link is still detectable by the bot. you can already use the hyperlink markdown syntax in this server, but not every link will go through

[wet valve]

My friend has forge not actual Minecraft so he can’t get lunar so I think this is a great idea! Lunar developers pls add this

[gusty dagger]

yeah you obviously misunderstood the purpose of the suggestion

[harsh geyser]

Just to make sure because i am not reading all that

you want curseforge/modrinth links for mods to not be censored by lunar and we should be able to send them peacefully in the chat, is that what you could have possibly meant

[keen kayak]

They want URLs linking to official CurseForge or Modrinth packs to be whitelisted/except from automod

[keen kayak]

Masked links can be easily detected using regex. This one should work (havent tested)

/\[(?<text>.*?)\]\((?<url>https?:\/\/[^\s]*)\)/gmi

Using capture groups for text and urls (if you don't know how regex works)

[cobalt stream]

I was unaware of this way for masked links to be detected, very interesting,
The suggestion seems to have no downsides then so 👍 all the way :D

[winged vector]

you got it