• Victor@lemmy.world
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      I really hope nobody used shortened links in href attributes. That would be stupid.

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        4 months ago

        Don’t worry. There’s a high chance at least one critical software has a shortened link somewhere in their infrastructure.

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        4 months ago

        I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s some service that gave out shortened links by default and people just used those everywhere. Lots of people are clueless about how URLs work, and authoring HTML often means filling in a form.

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          authoring HTML often means filling in a form.

          What, like, DreamWeaver style? Sounds cray-cray to me (as a web developer).

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            4 months ago

            I’m thinking more like using a CMS or Wordpress by people who don’t consider themselves developers.

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        4 months ago

        On this planet, it seems that there is nothing so stupid that you won’t find someone doing it, alas.

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      4 months ago

      as if millions of voices links voices cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.