URL shorteners aren't needed on Mastodon.
When you include a URL in a post it is always treated as 23 characters long, no matter how long it is.
So you can post full, unobfuscated URLs without significantly consuming your character budget.
Pachli /
npub1tq…thjr8
2024-09-04 08:22:36
in reply to nevent1q…hjkl
Author Public Key
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wss://relay.momostr.pinkPublished at
2024-09-04 08:22:36Event JSON
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