JacksonBates

If you change the ?utm_source param of a social link to a swear word, will it show up in some marketing person's slide deck when they present their monthly update to their bosses?

I don't know.

But I might have a new hobby.

Sep 21, 2023 at 9:12pmWeb
Show threadJacksonBatesSep 21, 2023
?utm_source=UNIONIZE
Show threadGeorge HaritonidisSep 21, 2023
@JacksonBates ?utm_source=eat_the_rich
Show threadit's B! Cavello 🐝Sep 22, 2023
@JacksonBates I like this!! @roblach πŸ‘€
Show threadBill SeitzSep 22, 2023
@b_cavello @JacksonBates @roblach sounds like a worthy Firefox extension
Show threadRob Lach πŸ’–Sep 22, 2023
@b_cavello @JacksonBates @billseitz love it!
Show threadpfm 🧘  Sep 21, 2023
@JacksonBates There's a plugin that does exactly this. I giggle a bit each time I see utm_something=FuckOff in my address bar: https://addons.mozilla.org/pl/firefox/addon/whatcampaign/
Written by @c0debabe
WhatCampaign β€” pobierz to rozszerzenie do 🦊 Firefoksa (pl)

Pobierz dodatek β€žWhatCampaign” do Firefoksa. This privacy add-on protects your identity by changing tracking parameters, published as part of Projekt ONI.

Show threadsortiusSep 21, 2023
@pfm @JacksonBates @c0debabe oh, I am so getting this πŸ˜†
Show threadBen ZaninSep 22, 2023
@pfm @JacksonBates @c0debabe cc: @_nadine πŸ‘€β†‘β†‘ β˜οΈβ†’πŸ‘
Show threadSome Kind Of AnhedoniaSep 22, 2023
@pfm @JacksonBates @c0debabe Awesome concept, sadly not available on mobile
Show threadrag. Gustavino BevilacquaSep 21, 2023

@JacksonBates

Cool idea 😈 😈 😈

Show threadI am Jack's Lost 404Sep 21, 2023

@JacksonBates

I can think of a few things to put there that might spark their curiosity....

which shall remain unspoken...

Show threadÆnðr E. FeldstrawSep 21, 2023
@JacksonBates I love writing all kinds of gobbledeegook into those tracking values. Someone's campaigns are going to look very, very strange. #HailEris
Show threadDaniel GibsonSep 22, 2023
@JacksonBates @SnoopJ
keep in mind that this makes you even easier to track ("ah, the 'dickballs' guy again")
Show threadБаша ΠœΠΎΡ€Ρ, here we go again...Sep 22, 2023
@JacksonBates yes! sometimes, depends if they look before meeting!
Show threadAndres JalintonSep 22, 2023
@JacksonBates
?utm_source=your_mom
Show threadJames HenstridgeSep 22, 2023
@JacksonBates Or perhaps you could check whether their analytics software is safe against SQL injection attacks?
Show threadFoxSep 22, 2023
@JacksonBates @cyplo
I do this every so often hoping for exactly that xD
Show threadKevin Karhan Sep 22, 2023
@JacksonBates please tell me you work on an automatic modifier for that...
Show threadigwiggSep 22, 2023
@JacksonBates can anyone create a firefox-addon to automate this? ​​​​
Show threadcoldclimateSep 22, 2023
@JacksonBates and you can post and share that link to amplify the effect.
Show threadNicoSep 22, 2023
@JacksonBates This calls for a browser extension
Show threaddelanthearSep 22, 2023
@JacksonBates sadly they aren't working post ga4 :(
Show threadJohan πŸŒ€Sep 22, 2023
@JacksonBates I might have been doing that when I get extra annoyed at the inordinate amount of dinglequeries, yes.
Show threadOllie BoermansSep 22, 2023
@JacksonBates I use a bookmarklet to remove utm junk. Changing though, might just be more fun!
Show threadStupefloSep 22, 2023
@JacksonBates putting extract of the communist manifesto would be more subversive.
Show threadTito SwinefluSep 22, 2023
@JacksonBates Malicious excel macro/formula? We all know that execs are going to demand the report in excel.
Show threadMatt Griffin Sep 25, 2023
@JacksonBates there is a whole industry stuffing spam links into analytics loggers.