# Nofollow complex behavior?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/nofollow-complex-behavior/97910>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [24.Сентябрь.2018 05:54:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nofollow-complex-behavior/97910 "2018-09-24T05:54:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Post date:** [08.Октябрь.2018 05:17:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nofollow-complex-behavior/97910/3 "2018-10-08T05:17:41Z")

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A link having the nofollow value is based on this:

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/app/models/post.rb#L242-L245>

> [@Stranik](#):
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> And this should apply to everyone, including the staff group.

Whether or not Trust Level 3 members have enough “trust” to post only “valuable” links would depend on the forum and its members, the setting is configurable to allow for this. But surely Staff members should be trusted enough to not abuse non-nofollow links, no? It could be argued that if you don’t trust a Staff member then they probably shouldn’t be a Staff member.

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