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Alternative Link

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This is opt-in service.

A little history

Once upon a time there was a bot named "CloudflareLink" which was created by Anonymous. It replied to many users who shared CF links publicly.

Not many people reacted it positively. Here is some of them.

To the owner of this bot
You should be ashamed.
Quit drive by bro'ing our statuses.
Please fornicate with a pointy stick.

Pointing to a copy rather than the original document if it's still online is bad practice too. Also, you are a very annoying bot.

They got annoyed and Mastodon server owner was pressured by their "spam" reports.

One of Mastodon server owner once said, "your little protest bot is making people upset, and i'm worried it might cause people to defederate from the instance, please tone it down."

For the record "CloudflareLink" was moved to other Mastodon servers 3 times and banned 2 times by 2 Mastodon services until the Anonymous decided to given up for good.

The main difference of AltLink is opt-in. Those people who share Cloudflare links casually never receive notification until they have a good heart and follow AL.

How to Subscribe

  1. Follow Alternative Link (AL).
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  1. AL will follow back you within an hour.
  • If you're locking your account, please accept AL's follow request otherwise AL can't read your toots.
  • If there is a network instability and AL failed to follow back you after 1 hour:
    • Please unfollow, wait 1 hour, and follow again.
  1. When you share Cloudflared link, AL will send direct message to you with information.
  • Direct messages older than 24 hours will be deleted.

How to Unsubscribe

  1. Just unfollow AL's account on your side.
  • AL will unfollow you within an hour.
  • AL do not attempt to re-follow you.
  • If you've changed your mind and want to subscribe(opt-in) again, unblock, unfollow AL and follow again.

"Is it really CloudFlare!?" check

Just send domain name or URL as direct message and AL will answer within 1 minute.

Here's an example.

@altlink blog.emsisoft.com

You can also query multiple at once / mix domain and URLs

@altlink
en.wikipedia.org
https://blog.emsisoft.com/wow/
www.wikimedia.org

Report a problem / Create an Issue

You can create an Issue without git account. Just send a direct message. And don't worry,

  • Multiple mentions (e.g. @randomUser @altlink @otherUser blah blah blah)
  • Public message (e.g. there's a bot called @altlink)

...will be ignored to prevent spam. Your username part (before @) will be masked to protect your privacy.

Settings

You can configure AL via direct message.

  • 1: Do not message me same domain again for a day.
    • Default is off.
    • By default AL will notify you each time when you share inaccessible link. Turning this settings on will silence second post for 24 hours.
  • 2: Suggest other non-Cloudflare alternative sites when available.
    • Default is off for normal toot and on for boosted toot.
      • If you boost Cloudflare link you are putting your followers at risk. Thus, on by default.
      • If you turn on this settings AL will help you find alternative better links for your normal toots.
    • Let's say you boost or post Cloudflared news site. AL will suggest some similar websites related to your URL within 1 minute. Note that AL might suggest inaccurate result.
      • AL will not suggest anything if your account is Bot.
      • Rate-Limit: AL will suggest only once per 1 minute.
  • 3: Count my links and send me report monthly.
    • Default is off.
    • If you turn on this settings AL will simply count how many links you shared publicly and how many were Cloudflared. Note that this count will have duplicates because we never save (& don't care) what you shared.
      • AL will not send a report if you did not post any links (share 0 links) for a month. (e.g. you have returned to Twitter and stopped using Mastodon)
    • If you change this settings or each month has passed counter will reset to 0.
  • 4: Set my preferred language to ??.
    • Default is unset.
      • AL will use language based on your toot.
    • If you tell AL your language, AL will speak your language.
      • Need other language? Create an issue.
  • 6: Ignore boosted toots.
    • Default is off.
    • By default AL will notify you when you boost(retweet) other user's post which has Cloudflare link.
  • 7: Use alternative provider.
    • Default is off.
    • If you turn on this settings AL will use IAList service.
  • 8: Notify me if the link is known Anti-Tor link.
    • Default is off.
    • If you turn on this settings AL will notify you when you share links that block Tor users.
      • "Hey website.com why are you blocking Tor!?"
set N V
  • N is above numbers.
  • V is value.
    • for number 1 to 3, 6 to 8:
      • one of: yes no true false on off
    • for number 4:
  • You can mix uppercase if you want.
    • sEt 1 TRuE is same as set 1 true

Here's an example.

  • Speak Русский. Monthly Report please.
@altlink
set 4 ru
set 3 on