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This is going on for a while on facebook afaik. On youtube and twitter they are still a url param that you can strip out.
by drexlspivey 3y ago
This is going on for a while on facebook afaik. On youtube and twitter they are still a url param that you can strip out.
- joshspankit 3y agoTikTok has possibly the most nefarious version of this: When someone shares a video, a link is created that’s specific to them. It’s a short link that looks like a regular one, while the tracking params are shown only after someone goes to the link and the shortener resolves it. If it opens in the app through deep linking the tracking has happened transparently.
- explaininjs 3y agoThis (ostensibly) empowers the user-facing "feature" whereby you're presented the "User XXX is on TikTok, you should join them!" modal when you click their link. Which is perhaps better than no end-user impact at all.