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Microblog Memes

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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Why use a Google link shortener with tracking, instead of linking to the Hollywood reporters site directly.

Or, more to the point, why use a Google app that replaces links you want to share with redirects?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'll be honest, I'm not very tech savvy. I thought, going to the website (using my phone) and using the share/copy link option was good enough. If you let me know how to avoid these inconveniences, I'll implement such an approach next time.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Depends on your process. Are you using the Google (Search) App? I don't think you can turn that off in there. I'd take a look at using a different Browser. If you're on iOS, Safari is probably fine, if you're on Android, I'd think about using Firefox (Google Play), or if you're feeling daring, Fennec, a more privacy focused version of Firefox (F-droid).

The UX will be different, and you gotta decide whether you're fine with that, but at least those won't change the links you're trying to share.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks for the information. I'm browsing Lemmy using Sync on my android phone and I'll browse articles sometimes using duckduckgo, mozilla, or Google search app

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe try using the "open in firefox/chrome" before

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

A surprising amount of people on iOS use the "Google App" as a browser