Re:Nobody clicks your share buttons
by broodbucket on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @04:59PM
(#48561985)
I don't click share buttons because I don't know what it's going to do. I don't want something copied that says "Check out this Thing on this Site! <url>" because then I have to delete half of it at which point it's slower than copying the URL. If every share button had the same behaviour then maybe I would.
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Re:Nobody clicks your share buttons
by NikolaNovak on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @06:02PM
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This. It may copy a url or it may automatically send me to my Facebook profile and prepopulate a post. Very rarely do share buttons copy a simple meaningful url to my clipboard.
So true. I too dual as an automatic link cleaner.
When I receive a link with a 100 character hash attached I gasp and yell at the person who sent me it (my wife normally)
Re:Nobody clicks your share buttons
by serial_dev on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @05:13PM
(#48562190)
They put so much stuff into the URL, usually my user ID, my phone, browser info etc…
I don’t necessarily want the people I share the link with to know my potentially pseudonymous user.