PSA: Please remove URL trackers from YouTube links before sharing
YT adds strings of code to the end of web links so it can collect data such as what account sourced the video, who then clicks on it, webcrawlers can link public accounts sharing it...
Find & remove a URL tracker from a link:
If you have a long link & there's "?si=" in the middle, that's the beginning of the tracker. Remove the ?si= & all the subsequent numbers, letters & symbols after it. The cleaned link can be shared normally 😊
Kitty /
npub1xs…dmexf
2024-07-20 13:23:57
Author Public Key
npub1xsezq2my29ljxuh4945ljczk8dx3l82j3xwhsfawf7az7l6lusfq4dmexfPublished at
2024-07-20 13:23:57Event JSON
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"pubkey": "3432202b64517f2372f52d69f960563b4d1f9d52899d7827ae4fba2f7f5fe412",
"created_at": 1721481837,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"proxy",
"https://metalhead.club/users/Kitty/statuses/112819033686166410",
"activitypub"
]
],
"content": "PSA: Please remove URL trackers from YouTube links before sharing\nYT adds strings of code to the end of web links so it can collect data such as what account sourced the video, who then clicks on it, webcrawlers can link public accounts sharing it...\nFind \u0026 remove a URL tracker from a link:\nIf you have a long link \u0026 there's \"?si=\" in the middle, that's the beginning of the tracker. Remove the ?si= \u0026 all the subsequent numbers, letters \u0026 symbols after it. The cleaned link can be shared normally 😊",
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}