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by gurneyHaleck 3481 days ago
No, that's a bad idea.

TC articles ARE many times vapid, uniformative and click-baity, but...

They will remain tech-oriented, timely and do serve the purpose of initiating conversation, by drawing attention to information sources that might not have gained visibility on their own. In short, you risk harming the network effect by applying a censor or restriction against such behavior.

This is one of those nuances that requires to blood and sweat of moderation. Unless there's a reasonable way to maybe crawl the submission and search its contents reliably, preventing such links carries risk.

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The site guidelines actually ask you to prefer the original source, when available. It's not complicated at all in this case.