I remember when Minecraft Forge used to distribute downloads through some even dodgier version of ad.fly that distributed malware, so I made a forum post warning of the dangers of it and it got deleted by a mod so I reported the mod and it got closed by the same mod (What's the point of a mod report button if the same mod can administer it?).

Glad the Minecraft modding community is looking a lot healthier these days, it was pretty toxic back then.