Bit.ly falsly blocking download links

[hiccup]

All my downloadable contributions (skins, genre lists, Picard scripts,  translation files, etc.) use abbreviated Bit.ly links.

As we speak, Bit.ly is falsely blocking a lot of these links, warning that they might not be 'safe'.
Obviously this is incorrect. All these download links only contain either (compiled) xml or txt files.

Bitly provides no opportunity for me to contact them directly, so my complaint about this was done using the form that they link to on the page that informs that the specific download link is blocked.
It's been a couple of days now and I haven't gotten a response from them yet.

If you are prevented from downloading an addon/contribution of mine due to this, it may help if you report the false security blocking to them.
(Contrary to what that page suggests, you don't need to enter your g00gle account. Only an email address, which doesn't need to be a functional one, unless you are interested in possible feedback from them.)

It might be good to also add the link to this specific post/thread in the 'Comments' field:
https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=36456.0

Thanks to those helping in trying to solve this problem.
 

[sveakul]

Hiccup I was able to download your sample skin just now with no problems from the link posted on that thread, so hopefully Bit.ly has acted/is acting on your complaint.  This was using Firefox 99.0.1

[phred]

@sveakul- what link/thread did you use? I'm trying the link in the genre hierarchy thread and it's still getting blocked.

[sveakul]

Hi phred, am using the link at the bottom of the first post here:

https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=22300.0

[Edit]:  ..which works, but I just tried the genre hierachy list link, and that IS INDEED blocked.  Strange!

[phred]

https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=22300.0

Thanks. Yes, that one is not blocked, but I didn't try it once the bitly blocking issue surfaced, so I don't know if it was being blocked before.

The one I tried, and is still blocked as you noticed, is from the first post in the genre hierarchy thread.
https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=35266.msg192825#msg192825

I've reported it once, so maybe others should also. You do -not- need to have a google account. If you want a copy of your submission, you will need to enter a real email address. If you don't want a copy, make up an address and submit.