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Tell HN: Twitter/X is blocking all tinyurl links
Posting a tinyurl link in X throws an error
`We can't complete this request because this link has been identified by X or our partners as being potentially harmful. Visit our Help Center to learn more.`
- inquisitor27552 2y agoits 2024 drop the link shorteners lol
- rsynnott 2y agoI mean, it’s broken. It’s been broken for years. At some point, probably time to let it go.
- wojciii 2y agoDoes this work on bluesky? See? Now you have a choice.
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- Hamuko 2y agoBack when Bluesky was in invite-only mode and I was giving out invite codes on Twitter, it used to be possible to just copy-paste the invite code into a DM with a rando and have them join. At some point, that stopped working. Your account would get blocked and you'd need to solve one of those annoying CAPTCHAs. Following this change, I started to just take screenshots of the invite codes as they were visible on the Bluesky website, so black text on a white background. Then that stopped working too and resulted in the CAPTCHA block, so whenever I wanted to share a code, I'd take the screenshot and overlay a random game screenshot on top of it to make it no longer just black text on a white background. Thankfully they didn't manage to stop that before the invite system went away.
- infotainment 2y agoFree speech absolutism! Marketplace of ideas! What's that? You want to speak favorably about a competing social network? You must be censored, it's for your own good! (I assume this is part of their ongoing effort to block people from posting links to Bluesky.)
- inemesitaffia 2y agoAlmost certainly anti-malware nonsense I've just tried a bluesky link
- andyjohnson0 2y agoIt's time to move on. Twitter doesn't want you anymore.