trashhalo@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year agoTwitter's short link service, t.co, is adding a five-second delay to some domains. Like threads.netnews.ycombinator.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10cross-posted to: technews@radiation.party
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkTwitter's short link service, t.co, is adding a five-second delay to some domains. Like threads.netnews.ycombinator.comtrashhalo@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year agomessage-square26fedilinkcross-posted to: technews@radiation.party
minus-squareGreg Clarke@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year ago Third party (you) tracking the user I’m not tracking users, I’m tracking engagement. I’m not Zuckerberg Hiding the true target from the user 99.99% of website use a reverse proxy, the target is nearly always hidden. I don’t think you understand how the internet works. Destroying any attempt at content archival Who would archive a shortened URL and not follow the link to its target? It’s not my fault if people don’t know how to archive my content. URL shorteners are not inherently bad.
I’m not tracking users, I’m tracking engagement. I’m not Zuckerberg
99.99% of website use a reverse proxy, the target is nearly always hidden. I don’t think you understand how the internet works.
Who would archive a shortened URL and not follow the link to its target? It’s not my fault if people don’t know how to archive my content.
URL shorteners are not inherently bad.