From c92abe0294952d2a4d63f3babfea5f9f350b50a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tempe Techie <95053628+tempe-techie@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2024 10:10:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] completely remove chat referral links

---
 utils/textUtils.js | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/utils/textUtils.js b/utils/textUtils.js
index 759a40a8..daf86172 100644
--- a/utils/textUtils.js
+++ b/utils/textUtils.js
@@ -390,10 +390,11 @@ export function urlParsing(text) {
 
   return text.replace(urlRegex, function(url) {
 
-    // remove referrals from our website links
-    if (url.startsWith(window.location.origin)) {
+    // remove this website referrals from the chat
+    if (url.startsWith(window.location.origin) || url.startsWith(String(window.location.origin).replace("https://", "http://"))) {
       if (url.includes("ref=")) {
-        url = url.replace("ref=", "noref="); // the easiest solution to not break a URL
+        //url = url.replace("ref=", "noref="); // the easiest solution to not break a URL
+        return "(referral links not allowed)";
       }
     }