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You don't need to use link shorteners on Mastodon!

All links on Mastodon count as 23 characters towards your post limit, no matter how long the links actually are.

Link shortener services like bit.ly, t.co etc track users who click on their links. This is really bad for privacy. If you use link shorteners on Mastodon, people may assume you are just doing it for tracking purposes.

More info at https://fedi.tips/you-dont-need-link-shorteners-on-mastodon

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Show threadHanneke
@feditips @aishasie it baffles me how many people kept using them on twitter after they made urls count as a fixed length. It’s annoying to create them and annoying to use them because they obscure the target (and add tracking).
Apr 16, 2023 at 9:39pmWeb