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The long term effect would be that websites can no longer use referrer as a metric. What difference would that make? HTTP resources (webpages) shouldn't change
by mcgwiz 15y ago
The long term effect would be that websites can no longer use referrer as a metric. What difference would that make? HTTP resources (webpages) shouldn't change semantic meaning depending on the referrer anyway. Doing so is arguably an unintended use (or abuse) of HTTP.
- avlesh-singh 15y agoAbsolutely! And see the funny reasons people have been citing in favor of such an act - http://www.quora.com/Why-does-Quora-redirect-to-URLs-in-a-way-that-loses-the-original-referrer http://www.quora.com/Why-does-Quora-redirect-to-URLs-in-a-wa...