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mk  ·  4188 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski Update: forwardslash brings magnet links

    I am very familiar with magnet links. What is going to be shared on hubski?

That remains to be seen. We don't have any interest in becoming a file-sharing search engine, particularly for copyrighted content, but it's possible they could be used for other purposes. It really depends on the nature of the files. What makes a file-sharing site viable is not only the links, but a useful search mechanism. It's possible that we will exclude magnet links from search if people started to use it in this fashion. As it stands, people can always share magnet links as plain text:

magnet:?xt=urn:sha1:YNCKHTQCWBTRNJIV4WNAE52SJUQCZO5C

so making them clickable doesn't seem too earth-shattering.