MalteK

Make #NPR great again…in the #fediverse.

Please #boost and click to make mastodon visible in their analytics after leaving #musk and #twitter.

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1169572547/npr-to-stop-using-twitter-after-being-falsely-labeled?utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

#twittermigration #Mastodon #news #introduction

Apr 13, 2023 at 6:52pmWeb
Show threadMalteKApr 13, 2023
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Show threadSteve YelvingtonApr 13, 2023
@maltek #mastodon is invisible in analytics. Http referer info is suppressed. 😞
Show threadMalteKApr 13, 2023
@steve 😞 any other way to make it visible?
Show threadSteve YelvingtonApr 13, 2023
@maltek Some discussion here:
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/21795
Change Referer value to something generic such as "urn:activitypub:mastodon" or similar · Issue #21795 · mastodon/mastodon

Pitch Currently, Mastodon does not appear in webstats anywhere, as it asks browsers to omit any referer value. This is a privacy measure to ensure that individual user accounts and small servers ar...

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Show threadImbolcApr 16, 2023

@steve @maltek Actually that URL has a `;utm_source=mastodon` at the end, so NPR should be able to pick it up in their analytics

So click and boost away!

Show threadSpace HoboApr 16, 2023

@maltek
@evan

Do not adopt neo-nazi slogans for your own use. It is neither funny nor clever.

Show threadEvan ProdromouApr 16, 2023
@spacehobo @maltek It wasn't me!
Show threadSpace HoboApr 16, 2023
@evan @maltek Yeah that's just the group reply to a M*GA toot you boosted.
Show threadEvan ProdromouApr 16, 2023
@spacehobo @maltek Unboosted!
Show threadMalteKApr 17, 2023
@spacehobo @evan thanks for calling that out.