this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023
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Why did you use a redirection link instead of the original link?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2023/glaring-problem-how-led-lights-worsen-light-pollution
Are you trying to track user interaction?
It's just a shortened link, probably copied it for mobile.
But what's the point of shortening it? I want to see the source before clicking on a link.
He likely wasn't responsible for shortening it, Washington post did it automatically when sharing the article. Everything does this nowadays Google maps adds trackers to the url when sharing as well. I agree it's annoying but not many good ways around it.
That makes sense. Thanks!