#safelinks — Public Fediverse posts

If you publish content on the web, you should always use original URLs.

Link shortening or safety/surveillance services are all very well, but redirects may not work for everyone:

• The URLs are too long for some older browsers to handle
• They are not human-readable, so hide the ultimate destination
• The provider may withdraw the service at any time

That's why I made this.

#Safelinks #decoder

https://design.scotentblog.co.uk/toolbox/safelinks-original-url-decoder/

Rant: First it was the obnoxious top-posting. Then it was sending non-standard TNEF winmail.dat files to external users by default. Now every link converts to a 500-character safe link, reducing signal-to-noise ratio dramatically. Put it together and it‘s maddening to get an email that says “Here’s a screenshot of what I’m getting. [cid:image001.png(at)01D93F8D.A8233AC0] Can you review the (1300 line!) thread below and comment?” #Rant #Exchange #Microsoft365 #TopPosting #SafeLinks #TNEF #WhyMe