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minus-squareAceBonobo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up93·4 months agoMore data rot. I wonder how many millions of links are about to disappear.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·4 months agoI really hope nobody used shortened links in href attributes. That would be stupid.
minus-squaremagic_lobster_party@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up45·4 months agoDon’t worry. There’s a high chance at least one critical software has a shortened link somewhere in their infrastructure.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoBut, that’s what I am worried about.
minus-squareqprimed@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·4 months agooh, god! quick! somebody contact boeing!
minus-squareDeebster@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 months agoI wouldn’t be surprised if there’s some service that gave out shortened links by default and people just used those everywhere. Lots of people are clueless about how URLs work, and authoring HTML often means filling in a form.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months ago authoring HTML often means filling in a form. What, like, DreamWeaver style? Sounds cray-cray to me (as a web developer).
minus-squareDeebster@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoI’m thinking more like using a CMS or Wordpress by people who don’t consider themselves developers.
minus-squareqprimed@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 months agoas if millions of voices links voices cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.
More data rot. I wonder how many millions of links are about to disappear.
I really hope nobody used shortened links in href attributes. That would be stupid.
Don’t worry. There’s a high chance at least one critical software has a shortened link somewhere in their infrastructure.
But, that’s what I am worried about.
oh, god! quick! somebody contact boeing!
I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s some service that gave out shortened links by default and people just used those everywhere. Lots of people are clueless about how URLs work, and authoring HTML often means filling in a form.
What, like, DreamWeaver style? Sounds cray-cray to me (as a web developer).
I’m thinking more like using a CMS or Wordpress by people who don’t consider themselves developers.
Ah, right. Yeah…
as if millions of
voiceslinksvoices cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.