Did you know that you don't need to use link shorteners (bit.ly, etc.) on Mastodon? All links, no matter how long, only count for 23 characters against your 500 limit!
(And since link shorteners are bad for user experience and break the web, there's almost no good reason to use 'em! 😄)
@Felthry Guess how long a https t.co link is. Basically, "we'll only count 23 chars against your post length count because, even if you used a link shortener, it won't get any* shorter than that, so be nice and use a full link."
(* okay, yes, it is possible)
@jond Which is annoying if you have short urls in the first place that take less space like f.e. php.ug which is only 6 chars (12 if you include the scheme).
"shortening" that to 23 chars is a bit... counterproductive?...
You might want to mention this to @nextclouders
Apparently as coders they can't figure out how to post to #Twitter and #Mastodon without using Twitters t.co link surveillance... 🤔
*cough* AndStatus *cough*
@jond what if the URL is already less than 23 characters?
curious because i have 9 domains where it's at least theoretically possible to have links shorter than that, not because i'm likely to ever find this information useful. :P
(i have boop.ws, puppy.ws, and awoo.onl among others)
@jond Very occasionally, long complex URLs proove difficult to parse (Google Books and Ngram links have done this for me). That's a case wherre a URL shortener may prove useful, not to shorten the URL but to make it parsable.
Mind, I don't have that excuse, as #GlitchSocial supports #Markdown and straight-up #HTML, enabling me to created formatted links of pretty much unlimited complexity.
Plus no 500 character limits 😺
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