I see more and more often that people post bit.ly links here. Please don't. First and foremost — it hides the real URL, so I don't know where I am sent to. Second: you force me to use a service that collects, aggregates and shares data on who clicks what when, which I consider very bad practice. Finally, no matter how long your URL is, it only counts as 23 characters in your post, so no need to "shorten" links [1]
TL;DR post real links and don't spy on me. #kthxbai
[1] https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/posting/#:~:text=All%20links%20are%20counted%20as,link%20shortener%20to%20save%20characters.
😷 Jan Wildeboer /
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2024-03-15 11:35:05
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