# Can I Keep Nofollow for All User Links, Including from Trust Level 3?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-keep-nofollow-for-all-user-links-including-from-trust-level-3/17443>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [Julho 11, 2014, 2:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-keep-nofollow-for-all-user-links-including-from-trust-level-3/17443 "2014-07-11T02:06:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Post date:** [Julho 11, 2014, 5:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-keep-nofollow-for-all-user-links-including-from-trust-level-3/17443/7 "2014-07-11T05:37:08Z")

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Found this on MSE:

> <https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/111279/remove-nofollow-on-links-deemed-reputable>

> … we’re trying to encourage sites with valuable user-generated content (like Stack Exchange) to have a more nuanced approach to the nofollow attribute on user-generated links. Using the attribute on all user-generated links takes away a big incentive from spammers, and prevents spammy links from being included in search ranking. However, good links can also be made invisible to search engines with this policy, so we miss out on that ranking signal, which could be used to surface better or fresher high-quality content that your users are recommending.

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