Angelo Veltens πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆJun 30, 2023
Update: https://social.veltens.org/@angelo/110643298577042397 Now all #twitter t.co links are blocked by twitter login. All #links we ever shared via twitter can not be followed anymore without signing in to twitter, no matter where in the #WWW they point to. Twitter put a gate in front of our links by "shortening" them and now they locked the gate. We never should have given them such power. #gatedcommunities #fediverse #web
Angelo Veltens (@[email protected])

Ok, false alert, sorry! After double checking actually most t.co links are working and also the #twitter archive contains a field "expanded_url" with the full URL! So the situation is much better than I initially thought. Thanks for double checking and making me aware @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] et al. It is still a big risk, that twitter has the power to wall in those #links #gatedcommunities #fediverse #web

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@angelo I had a coworker in marketing circa 2008 advocate for URL shorteners in a company wide email.

IMHO, Marketing departments should be prohibited from sending things company wide, that should be reserved for IT.

Regardless, I replied, in gentle #bantown fashion.

Then the office did break out in sounds of rickrolls (as people clicked on the URL shortened link I provided illustrating why one should be wary of using such things) and laughter ensued. Some people came to me at my desk and told me they were thankful.

Alas, too few learned that lesson, apparently.

Jun 30, 2023 at 10:34pmWeb