I think if that change is made “Web Site” should be changed to read “URL”
And I’m not sure it’s a good idea to allow full paths.
For example allowing ..... /page?referral_id=1234
would be extremely inviting for those that think spreading their links in as many places as possible is good SEO practice.
Personally, I’d prefer that setting not be available for TL0 members, but that’s another topic
That hasn’t stopped one-visit members from dropping links there.
One problem might be that some GETs are perfectly innocent eg. ....page?post=25
As soon as Web Site becomes URL a can of worms is opened requiring complex code to keep it from being abused.
I’d be more in favor of a whitelist approach vs. blacklisting. eg. allow URLs like site.com/membername
as that is a common format. eg. twitter.com/mcwumbly github.com/cpradio
It already links to the site for basic members. Doesn’t showing the link make it more transparent? Wouldn’t that make it easier to police than it is now?
Whitelist/blacklist logic seems like it’s overkill to me until we find there is actually a problem here…
Plus, I can already put whatever I want in my “about” section…