If you post a website link on Mastodon, remember to include https:// at the beginning so that it is clickable.

When you include https:// you get a clickable link like https://example.com and you may also see a link preview box below the post.

If you leave out https:// you just get a non-clickable address like example.com and no preview.

🤓 Special Bonus Tip For Nerds: You can also use other protocols for clickable links including gemini://, dat://, dweb://, gopher://, ipfs:// and ssb://

Example Domain

p.s. To make clear, the gemini:// referred to here is nothing to do with AI or LLMs or Google.

The Gemini protocol is a free open project started in 2019 to create a calmer simpler text-based alternative to the world wide web:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_(protocol)

Gemini (protocol) - Wikipedia

@FediTips it does annoy me that Google are definitely going to eclipse the smaller Gemini project with their ai behemoth.

Though there's possibly a lesson in there about not choosing names for things which are already generic and hugely overused.

@kev @FediTips But there is a chance that Google's Gemini soon collapses, while the Gemini protocol persists. (Even if it stays almost unknown.)

But for me, this project is fascinating.