puush.me links suddenly all {LINK REMOVED} again?

[The Grumbleskull]

Puush has worked fine ever since the original {LINK REMOVED} fiasco was dealt with. But it appears that as of like 20 minutes ago, my friends and I can no longer exchange the links without them being removed.

Things of Note:

• We tested it on mobile as well as PC.
  
• First instance began with a third account earlier today.
  
• Neither account can send the links now without them being removed.
  
• Earlier related thread by different user.
  
• And another thread.

I'm hoping this is just a temporary bug, as puush is infinitely more useful than it is harmful in any way. It's essentially just quick image sharing with an immediate link to the clipboard. Anyone experiencing something similar, please post here.

[The Grumbleskull]

Originally posted by Seethe:

Things of Note: If this is intentional, Valve is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ retarded

It was intentional the first time they did it, back when they did that hilarious ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ blacklist and all their own store links became {LINK REMOVED}. I still have a screenshot of that. One of the funniest things they've done.

Issues this long after however, not so much.

[Zefar]

It has been added to the url filter by Valve so they must have a reason for it.

[The Grumbleskull]

Originally posted by Zefar:

It has been added to the url filter by Valve so they must have a reason for it.

Randomly at like 10 at night?

[MancSoulja]

Originally posted by Jean-Claude Van Dang:

Originally posted by Zefar:

It has been added to the url filter by Valve so they must have a reason for it.

Randomly at like 10 at night?

Your 10 at night is their middle of the afternoon.

[The Grumbleskull]

Originally posted by MancSoulja:

Originally posted by Jean-Claude Van Dang:

Randomly at like 10 at night?

Your 10 at night is their middle of the afternoon.

No, my 10 at night is Valve's local time. I find it very odd that they'd patch in a random url block, 10pm PST when the office I could literally drive to is most likely empty right now aside from their sentry guns.

[Snapjak]

http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/1291817837632872641/

Started at least 7 hours ago. So no, not 10pm Valve time.

[The Grumbleskull]

Originally posted by Snapjak:

http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/1291817837632872641/

Started at least 7 hours ago. So no, not 10pm Valve time.

It'd still be 7 hours ago my time though as I'm sharing their geographical location... While we may have not caught on to the issues on multiple accounts until a little over an hour ago the third account mentioned in the notes had suffered the issue well earlier in the day.

Not to mention, arguing timezones is pedantic and pointless. The issue at hand is the links being removed.

[MancSoulja]

Originally posted by Jean-Claude Van Dang:

Originally posted by MancSoulja:

Your 10 at night is their middle of the afternoon.

No, my 10 at night is Valve's local time. I find it very odd that they'd patch in a random url block, 10pm PST when the office I could literally drive to is most likely empty right now aside from their sentry guns.

Fair enough then. Valve have blocked Printsc aswell so it's seems they're now cracking down on image sharing sites. funnily post.img still works.

[Seven7]

1 image hosting that does not check what is uploaded in them - blocked
2 popular image hosting have fake clones that are distribute trojans - blocked
3 hosting, overloaded with advertising and vulnerable scripts - also blocked

Use normal image hosting = no problems

[Washell]

Originally posted by Jean-Claude Van Dang:

I find it very odd that they'd patch in a random url block, 10pm PST when the office I could literally drive to is most likely empty right now aside from their sentry guns.

"Oh crap! If forgot to block that list of URL's we decided on last friday!" Boots laptop, starts up VPN into the Valve network, adds urls, goes to bed.

What's odd about it?

[The Grumbleskull]

Originally posted by Washell:

Originally posted by Jean-Claude Van Dang:

I find it very odd that they'd patch in a random url block, 10pm PST when the office I could literally drive to is most likely empty right now aside from their sentry guns.

"Oh crap! If forgot to block that list of URL's we decided on last friday!" Boots laptop, starts up VPN into the Valve network, adds urls, goes to bed.

What's odd about it?

The complete lack of work ethic and responsibility? An alarming absense of attention to detail when initially applying security features?

Take your pick.

[Cathulhu]

Just don't use any link shorteners, problem solved.

[The Grumbleskull]

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

Just don't use any link shorteners, problem solved.

No problems were solved whatsoever by that contribution. Puush isn't a link shortener, it's a file hosting service. Please read the thread, or at the very least the first post before hitting "Post Comment" next time.

[The Grumbleskull]

Issue seems to be resolved on my end, as well as in workshop links.