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minus-squareatoccilinkfedilink6•11 months agoI think Twitter might do it to standardize the number of characters a link takes up in a tweet? 23 characters IIRC
minus-squarewagonerlink10•11 months agoMastodon manages to do it without a shortener, so I don’t believe that’s the answer.
minus-square👁️👄👁️cakelinkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoThat used to be the case, don’t think it is anymore. I don’t remember though, I ditched that shit hole.
I think Twitter might do it to standardize the number of characters a link takes up in a tweet? 23 characters IIRC
Mastodon manages to do it without a shortener, so I don’t believe that’s the answer.
That used to be the case, don’t think it is anymore. I don’t remember though, I ditched that shit hole.