trashhalo@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 11 months agoTwitter's short link service, t.co, is adding a five-second delay to some domains. Like threads.netnews.ycombinator.comexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1307arrow-down10
arrow-up1307arrow-down1external-linkTwitter's short link service, t.co, is adding a five-second delay to some domains. Like threads.netnews.ycombinator.comtrashhalo@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 11 months agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squareatocci@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 months agoI think Twitter might do it to standardize the number of characters a link takes up in a tweet? 23 characters IIRC
minus-squarewagoner@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up8·11 months agoMastodon manages to do it without a shortener, so I don’t believe that’s the answer.
minus-square👁️👄👁️@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 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.