Everything I had seen suggests that no URLs go through, but a little Googling suggests that there is a whitelist: http://thenextweb.com/twitter/2013/11/04/handy-hacks-sending-links-via-twitters-direct-message/
That said, every other source I can find mentioning a whitelist points back at that same article - no one seems to have independently confirmed that. So I'll poke some folks but don't hold your breath :) Luis On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote: > Thank you. > > Some URLs go though, others do not. I doubt it's random ;-) > > On 3 August 2014 17:06, Luis Villa <lvi...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > I can ask around, but I've not heard of them even having a whitelist for > > this situation - do we know for a fact that's the case? > > > > Luis > > > > > > On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 8:44 AM, Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> > > wrote: > > > >> For some months, Twitter have been blocking most URLs in their direct > >> messages (DMs), supposedly as an anti-spam measure. > >> > >> Do we have someone who has a contact there, who could ask them to > >> whitelist Wikimedia project URLs in DMs? > >> > >> -- > >> Andy Mabbett > >> @pigsonthewing > >> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > >> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Luis Villa > > Deputy General Counsel > > Wikimedia Foundation > > 415.839.6885 ext. 6810 > > > > *This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you have > > received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the > > mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical > > reasons I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, > community > > members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For > more > > on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>.* > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- Luis Villa Deputy General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext. 6810 *This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you have received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>.* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
