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That URL can be cleaned up to this: https://www.wcnc.com/article/weather/severe-weather/pfizer-rocky-mount-north-carolina-tornado-damage-severe-weather-outbrea
by rationalist 3y ago
That URL can be cleaned up to this:
https://www.wcnc.com/article/weather/severe-weather/pfizer-rocky-mount-north-carolina-tornado-damage-severe-weather-outbreak-nash-county/275-eb35781b-ac79-4399-955a-dcecebb1bb31 https://www.wcnc.com/article/weather/severe-weather/pfizer-r...
Not sure if there is any tracking in the alphanumeric garbage at the end, but deleting it outright causes it to 404.
- RecycledEle 3y agoThank You
- mgdlbp 3y agoThe UUID is all that's significant, technically may be watermarked still https://wcnc.com/article/a/b/c-eb35781b-ac79-4399-955a-dcecebb1bb31 https://wcnc.com/article/a/b/c-eb35781b-ac79-4399-955a-dcece... Of course, this url is now assuredly unique
- HocusLocus 3y agoThis is shorter and it works http://bit.ly/21S8BqX http://bit.ly/21S8BqX
- rationalist 3y agoThe idea was to clean it and not have the unnecessary Google jump in there and possibly any tracking after a "?" element, not to make it as short as possible. I'm not going to click on a URL shortener from a stranger that redirects to who-knows-where.
- patmorgan23 3y agoAlso the bitly is definitely doing tracking
- HocusLocus 3y agoI know, I try to do that when sharing links too. I remember way back when Google results used to link directly to pages. Actually I was just trying to Rickroll-you-by-proxy. A shorter link to the same site as GP's that is a real news story of people being Rickrolled by QR codes on fake parking tickets. Only reason I used the site's own shortner is the URL would have given it away. Besides it was longer.