Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 month agoX’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for researchwww.timeshighereducation.comexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkX’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for researchwww.timeshighereducation.comChris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 month agomessage-square52fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarethedarkfly@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 month agoI’d say that we’re sure it will. It has begun making the same shady practices like redirecting all out going links through go.bsky*app 🙄
minus-squarekaty ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 month agois it really shady when they stated up front they’re doing it so posters and journalists can see where their traffic is coming from?
minus-squaresqgl@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 month agoCan you please explain? Is that like the amp prefix or more sinister? go.bsky.com does not even exist. Do you mean go.bsky*.com?
minus-squarethedarkfly@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoAnd they reported that it was to gather the referral when going to websites, which constitutes their income. But it’s closed source so we don’t know. It could be tracking and selling the data.
minus-squareletraset@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoAh yes, to prove they drive traffic to places, they funnel all outgoing links through themselves for tracking.
I’d say that we’re sure it will. It has begun making the same shady practices like redirecting all out going links through go.bsky*app 🙄
is it really shady when they stated up front they’re doing it so posters and journalists can see where their traffic is coming from?
Can you please explain? Is that like the amp prefix or more sinister?
go.bsky.com does not even exist. Do you mean go.bsky*.com?
And they reported that it was to gather the referral when going to websites, which constitutes their income. But it’s closed source so we don’t know. It could be tracking and selling the data.
Ah yes, to prove they drive traffic to places, they funnel all outgoing links through themselves for tracking.