Ancestors

Written by Fedi.Tips on 2025-01-29 at 17:47

Hey new people, you don't need to use link shorteners on Mastodon 🙂

All links on Mastodon are counted as 23 characters towards your post size limit, regardless of how long they actually are.

More info at https://fedi.tips/you-dont-need-link-shorteners-on-mastodon

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Written by Alan Jenkins on 2025-01-29 at 18:14

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How do people actually use them?

It sounds like a weird amount of effort if you don't need to, particularly given the higher character limit. I'm wondering if some of this is people cross-posting.

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Toot

Written by Fedi.Tips on 2025-01-29 at 19:18

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I think some people have just got in the habit of using them, especially those who remember Twitter's old limit of 140 characters.

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Written by h3artbl33d :openbsd: :ve: on 2025-01-29 at 22:41

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Personally, I am less interested in the reasoning, but all the more interested in protecting our community against any form of tracking.

Yet, blocking any and all shorteners might cause unwanted breakage. I'll dive a bit more into this. IMHO, ultimately it is up to our members.

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Written by Jason Tubnor 🇦🇺 on 2025-01-29 at 22:45

@h3artbl33d @FediTips @sourcejedi A lot of enterprises block all forms of URL shorteners to protect staff from malware links disguised by a shortened URL.

I can see reasons and use cases for them, just be aware that they won't always work for some people.

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Written by h3artbl33d :openbsd: :ve: on 2025-01-29 at 23:41

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Written by Jason Tubnor 🇦🇺 on 2025-01-30 at 00:02

@h3artbl33d @sourcejedi @FediTips Nope, I don't see there a use for them here. Typical use case would be trade show merch, emails and the like. And you should use your own shortener that is aligned to your brand to ensure trust.

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Written by h3artbl33d :openbsd: :ve: on 2025-01-30 at 00:06

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My personal attitude: I don't trust shorteners. The only legit usecase are forms of tracking. Or maybe redteaming :flan_molotov:

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