@feditips I actually didn't know that, is this something specific to mastodon or does other software on the fediverse implement this too?

@feditips I fly into a raging fit every time I see someone post a t(.)co link.

@feditips I'm curious on how counting all links as 23 characrers was decided

@feditips 4

Thats great news.
In a related subject, markup shouldnt hide urls, Maston should reveal the url/domain, should display them beside.

@feditips ok, didn't know that, learnt something new, thank you!

@feditips In fact, #LinkShorteners are harmful since they prevent #Previews and obfuscate the destination, bricking #ShinigamiEyes in the process...

@feditips Yeah, I avoid them nowadays, especially link shorteners used by #Apple & #Google.

@feditips Protip: you don't need link shorteners ANYWHERE online.

Pretty much the only reasonable use-case for a link shortener is when it needs to go in print and you expect someone to type it in manually

@feditips why 23