Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 6か月前X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for researchwww.timeshighereducation.comexternal-linkmessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1359arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1359arrow-down1external-linkX’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for researchwww.timeshighereducation.comChris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 6か月前message-square71fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarethedarkfly@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up20·edit-26か月前I’d say that we’re sure it will. It has begun making the same shady practices like redirecting all out going links through go.bsky*app 🙄
minus-squareletraset@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up9·6か月前Ah yes, to prove they drive traffic to places, they funnel all outgoing links through themselves for tracking.
minus-squaresqgl@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-26か月前Can you please explain? Is that like the amp prefix or more sinister? go.bsky.com does not even exist. Do you mean go.bsky*.com?
minus-squarethedarkfly@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·6か月前And they reported that it was to gather the referral when going to websites, which constitutes their income. But it’s closed source so we don’t know. It could be tracking and selling the data.
minus-squarethedarkfly@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6か月前Sorry, it is go.bsky*app. I corrected my comment!
minus-squarekaty ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-26か月前is it really shady when they stated up front they’re doing it so posters and journalists can see where their traffic is coming from?
minus-squarethedarkfly@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6か月前Well, if they tell the truth then it’s fine. But no way to know what they do with this redirect (to my knowledge at least).
I’d say that we’re sure it will. It has begun making the same shady practices like redirecting all out going links through go.bsky*app 🙄
Ah yes, to prove they drive traffic to places, they funnel all outgoing links through themselves for tracking.
Can you please explain? Is that like the amp prefix or more sinister?
go.bsky.com does not even exist. Do you mean go.bsky*.com?
And they reported that it was to gather the referral when going to websites, which constitutes their income. But it’s closed source so we don’t know. It could be tracking and selling the data.
Sorry, it is go.bsky*app. I corrected my comment!
is it really shady when they stated up front they’re doing it so posters and journalists can see where their traffic is coming from?
Well, if they tell the truth then it’s fine. But no way to know what they do with this redirect (to my knowledge at least).