I see more and more often that people post bit.ly links here. Please don't. First and foremost — it hides the real URL, so I don't know where I am sent to. Second: you force me to use a service that collects, aggregates and shares data on who clicks what when, which I consider very bad practice. Finally, no matter how long your URL is, it only counts as 23 characters in your post, so no need to "shorten" links [1]
TL;DR post real links and don't spy on me. #kthxbai
@jwildeboer I still need to get the motivation to make shd.li a public service .oO( obviously, this should be read as "sh-dee-li, i.e., shadily, and nothing... else... which might sound similar...)
Core idea:
- no direct-redirect, i.e., see URL first, click to actually visit
- No tracking/external cloud resources
- Bring your own domain
- Full data export for selfhosting (of your own domain)
Example: https://shd.li/c8E5roP58
Oh, and... btw; The software:
https://git.as59645.net/AS59645/shrtnr
@sspopovich @matty @jwildeboer Yeah. Well, then again, it is not that hard to make people click on things anyway. Still; A weblink should not outforward outside of a trust boundary. Steam got that memo as well, and so should funny link shortener.
But i guess some form of monetization breaks if you do not autoforward. -.-'
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