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Re:Ask HN: What is with the new URLs on facebook.com? by remram on Saturday July 16, 2022 @11:39AM (#32119156)
It's not encoded though, your user ID is right there and you can strip it out. I agree that it could be clearer like /question/1234?utm_user=5678 instead of /question/1234/5678
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Re:Ask HN: What is with the new URLs on facebook.com? by OJFord on Saturday July 16, 2022 @11:51AM (#32119263)
Amazon does similar, along with a generally crap description of the product that isn't necessary, you only need the 'dp...' ID.
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Re:Ask HN: What is with the new URLs on facebook.com? by tedmiston on Saturday July 16, 2022 @06:54PM (#32122700)
The end user viewer can also strip the sharing user ID easily if desired:

https://stackoverflow.com/q/10982911/149428

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https://stackoverflow.com/q/10982911

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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10982911/creating-tempor...

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