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0 pointssigseg1v14h ago0 comments

Adding query strings is one of those things that I think a lot of sites could get away with more easily if they were reasonable about it.

A link that is "https:// web.site" is fine.

A link that is "https:// web.site?via=another.site" is fine.

A link that is "https:// web.site?fbm=avddjur5rdcbbdehy63edjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63edaaaddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednzzddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63ednddjur5rdcbbdehy63edn"

is annoying as shit and I need to literally apologize to people after sending it if I forget to manually redact the query string. Don't abuse this.

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culi14h ago

There are addons to remove unnecessary params from the worst offending sites:

https://www.google.com/search?q=clearurls+addon

franciscop13h ago

Thanks for removing the rest on that google link, the one I get after switching to "images" and back to "web" is this monstrosity:

https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&sca_esv=8061bd9cb1...

Edit: which luckily and sensibly Hacker News cuts short since it's 463 characters

dredmorbius12h ago

You can post the string as text (indent by 2+ spaces) to avoid that trimming.

Since the purpose is to show the full URL with trackers and other cruft, that's sensible here:

  https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&sca_esv=8061bd9cb19cd450&sxsrf=ANbL-n7S60ZBdf0lh5kQ8RojJdQpnM0S5w:1778353180297&q=clearurls+addon&source=lnms&fbs=ADc_l-aN0CWEZBOHjofHoaMMDiKpeTF8ggB1qASWZfpybz5TQZmqMiWOgtbP_iLwZE3_BsqFrIkjQk30pNpcyOJjgYT1NYhSr_eVWusunSdIYLAa1WWhJm7VPvRsNUkHss5YZDSVhzEth7KnRsP0kwdL-3ylxxDz_j5WL-QtjJdzQePIWAeCwn7532w9WuSzSqnY0V2tn342eEk_wDwxk45MDY_JuA-5CA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjH3uLs8ayUAxUghP0HHVXuOeIQ0pQJegQICxAB&biw=1296&bih=711&dpr=2.22

And yeah, that's pretty awful.

In conclusion, Google must be destroyed.

culi10h ago

Yeah I removed the rest of the link as an example of how much cleaner the urls can be with that addon haha. I was being meta

tomodachi946h ago

Newer versions of Firefox also have a "Copy Clean Link" option in the right-click menu.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-prote...

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