Everything after the "?" symbol can be removed without issue
Uhhhh not really
That also has stuff like timestamps. And in some links, such as on youtube.com/watch?v=videocode, the actually important part of the link is also after the ? (as opposed to on youtu.be/videocode).
@Jonathan Lamothe @Thomas Fuglseth @🏳️🌈🎃🇧🇷Luana🇧🇷🎃🏳️🌈 Some sites like fb, reddit and stackoverflow produce special share links that aren't just a link to the article, the link is unique to the person sharing it.
When I get a link like that, I'll look up the canonical URL before sharing it further. It's not only a privacy issue, it's a special case of the URL shortener issue and messes up our collective internet heritage, as it is very unlikely that URL will be resolvable ten years from now, and the internet archives and national libraries out there won't know that personalized URL.
playlist also. So e.g. how would one clean up this link?
youtube.com/watch?v=IsiKUsrqFk… So much stuff here, but all of it is necessary. v indicates which video it is, list indicates which playlist it is, t indicates the timestamp. Granted, this isn't a youtu.be link, but only because that one already removes playlist, so it's not useful for sharing videos with their context intact.
Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.
@Uglesett@snabelen.no @luana@wetdry.world no, as a matter of fact taking youtube.com/watch?v=IsiKUsrqFk… and cutting off everything after ? - that is v=IsiKUsrqFkc&list=PLvoAL-KSZ32dRMGLza8Dw4xZK6_1ItjNr&t=52 - will not show the intended video - youtube.com/watch is not a video URL. Time is also important - I might be linking to a specific point in a 4h video, for example.
Those 4 are safe to cut, yeah, but "just cut off everything after ?" is straight up misinfo - that's how you end up with people sharing broken links
Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.
v doesn't have to be the first parameter + again, you stil have time and playlist. Like I said, time is important - maybe you're linking to a specific point in a 4h video essay, for example. Playlist is important if you're , say, sharing a music video from a soundtrack or album split into individual tracks per video rather than a single video for the whole thing.
So - again - you can't blindly remove things - know what is safe to remove and use common sense. Sometimes it's fine to omit both time and playlist (sometimes even desirable), often not.
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I bet I know what that YouTube link leads to...
*clicks*
It's like I'm psychic.
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in reply to Thomas Fuglseth • • •Uhhhh not really
That also has stuff like timestamps. And in some links, such as on youtube.com/watch?v=videocode, the actually important part of the link is also after the ? (as opposed to on youtu.be/videocode).
Jonathan Lamothe
in reply to 🏳️🌈🎃🇧🇷Luana🇧🇷🎃🏳️🌈 • •?, though I haven't seen that in the wild.clacke: exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • • •@Jonathan Lamothe @Thomas Fuglseth @🏳️🌈🎃🇧🇷Luana🇧🇷🎃🏳️🌈 Some sites like fb, reddit and stackoverflow produce special share links that aren't just a link to the article, the link is unique to the person sharing it.
When I get a link like that, I'll look up the canonical URL before sharing it further. It's not only a privacy issue, it's a special case of the URL shortener issue and messes up our collective internet heritage, as it is very unlikely that URL will be resolvable ten years from now, and the internet archives and national libraries out there won't know that personalized URL.
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in reply to 🏳️🌈🎃🇧🇷Luana🇧🇷🎃🏳️🌈 • • •playlist also. So e.g. how would one clean up this link?
youtube.com/watch?v=IsiKUsrqFk…
So much stuff here, but all of it is necessary.
vindicates which video it is,listindicates which playlist it is,tindicates the timestamp. Granted, this isn't ayoutu.belink, but only because that one already removes playlist, so it's not useful for sharing videos with their context intact.- YouTube
www.youtube.comTock
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in reply to Tock • • •@Uglesett@snabelen.no @luana@wetdry.world no, as a matter of fact taking youtube.com/watch?v=IsiKUsrqFk… and cutting off everything after ? - that is
v=IsiKUsrqFkc&list=PLvoAL-KSZ32dRMGLza8Dw4xZK6_1ItjNr&t=52- will not show the intended video - youtube.com/watch is not a video URL. Time is also important - I might be linking to a specific point in a 4h video, for example.Those 4 are safe to cut, yeah, but "just cut off everything after ?" is straight up misinfo - that's how you end up with people sharing broken links
YouTube
www.youtube.comTock
in reply to Alice • • •@alice @luana Ah, crap, yeah, you're right. Not the "v"!
Sorry about that. Misread is my fault. Everything including the & and after then?
Alice
in reply to Tock • • •v doesn't have to be the first parameter + again, you stil have time and playlist. Like I said, time is important - maybe you're linking to a specific point in a 4h video essay, for example. Playlist is important if you're , say, sharing a music video from a soundtrack or album split into individual tracks per video rather than a single video for the whole thing.
So - again - you can't blindly remove things - know what is safe to remove and use common sense. Sometimes it's fine to omit both time and playlist (sometimes even desirable), often not.
C++ Wage Slave
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This #Firefox extension, #ClearURLs, removes tracking junk from URLs:
addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firef…
It's available both on desktop and on Android.
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Unknown parent • • •@sorcery Yeah, the last sentence is true except in the many cases when it's not. 😅
But everything before that is solid advice.
@Thomas Fuglseth
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in reply to Thomas Fuglseth • • •For the Androids amongst us:
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in reply to Mitch Effendi (ميتش أفندي) • • •@Mitch Effendi (ميتش أفندي) oooh, neat
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