UTTB ?

[j7n 0]

I have noticed that web addresses on DC are sometimes written as uttb://example.com/blah/blah. In the context they clearly mean "http". Why type uttb? I thought it might be a way to bypass spam protection. But I've also seen a staff member write this. They explained to me why by saying "rotfl", possibly hinting that my assumption was wrong... What is this utter transport bull?

[Mek 13]

I have never seen such links as you are mentioning. Have you seen those in these forums or in the DC hubs chat or... where exactly?

[j7n 0]

I've seen them on Tankafett network hubs. It seems they have a spam bot/script that sometimes replaces links that users type in with a funny beginning, while leaving the main part intact. I got my link replaced with this.

 

I seriously thought it was some next generation protocol like Speedy or something related to Shoutcast (or its replacement) that I had missed. /facepalm