this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023
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But what's the point of shortening it? I want to see the source before clicking on a link.
He likely wasn't responsible for shortening it, Washington post did it automatically when sharing the article. Everything does this nowadays Google maps adds trackers to the url when sharing as well. I agree it's annoying but not many good ways around it.
especially on mobile. On desktop, where you have a keyboard and mouse, and even tools like browser extensions or whatever it's definitely easier.
That makes sense. Thanks!