@feditips Drop the S. Just http://. It’s simpler.

@feditips I think all social networks do this nowadays…minus the HTTPS required part.

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@feditips Some links are more memorable "shortened"

https://quick-little-tip.on-a.pizza/

@feditips and if you're going to sites without the s after http - don't.

@feditips how does a URL read out to a screen reader? I'm wondering if it's worth using short URLs to make it easier to navigate posts for accessibility

@feditips why 23?

@feditips good to know thank you

@feditips A little unfair to the people whose links are 10 characters in length 🐷

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@feditips Why 23?

@feditips This is very handy for my pastebin that stores content in the URL: https://nicd.gitlab.io/t/#v-YVVW8E73Yf~=Skrbd$iNqbie4mo.vXDuD0Oxi+RbNjP6tOmxfr_zBjX$WOwHne94=2ibmMtg.2$x?_+Z-DYaX+_1lfBUYSqoZ585yU?NECkjPB14RBdBMxan8s+&47/rZdFj&Et0MKem20Hr6N=KkWyrSVpH.+E4-d+ZadYt3Tcb-b&.Pra0VLOfkNrFhU5knxi7ag$wJ4Hk7.hHDvsVLfZN.2ZfuDI_eZ4YC/a-s6jbPpL~L5wblJWKFbi+ueQ_hxksziAu621hmuoq+_4hPRRgITQLYWDIHXh4K6lSVmPF2$k&JBYBm&kLuno$+m6=fW$Nxy=i+5Qyir1sSqZ+-CrP1IkPykl8_Z8SI1~uNNr4PZN+A85-06$=nyDQFq9pxwfqB9~QTY4&?czudIXuOBvs4f_m$Oir21Z8bhjUwjC8LjN0aMfEMPun0~p++d0pTP9UYBSu_MOHJkaN.gRv&jnJnu-&mK5qb_sf/RAI0vYiw6VAqFGH.2050/A1lkYbSkFqNz.P-&Q= :D

@feditips it would be nice if links automatically embedded some part of what was being linked, like a newspaper, headline or image. Like they do at Facebook and Twitter.

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How much of https://a.very-long-domain-name.that-might-be.a-Phishing-link.com/ gets displayed?

(reposted as mobile predictive text messed it up..)

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@feditips oh I didn't know that, awesome.

@feditips Some instances will suspend you for using link shorteners

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I don’t click on shortened links (bitly etc).

• They’re #MysteryMeat links that hide the true destination. I want to know where I’m going. (Ideally I’d even like a preview.)
• Into what should be a simple hyperlink they add a redirect point that itself is targeted.
• Moar tracking.
• The redirect can go away at any time. There’s no guarantee these services will always be there.

@feditips Sounds like a DoS attack, copyright breach or similar waiting to happen