He likely wasn’t responsible for shortening it, Washington post did it automatically when sharing the article.
Everything does this nowadays Google maps adds trackers to the url when sharing as well.
I agree it’s annoying but not many good ways around it.
Why did you use a redirection link instead of the original link?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2023/glaring-problem-how-led-lights-worsen-light-pollution
Are you trying to track user interaction?
It’s a “gift article” to get past paywall: https://helpcenter.washingtonpost.com/hc/en-us/articles/4403823008539-How-to-use-gift-articles
I’ve tried the direct link and it is not behind he paywall.
it says the gift article is expired for some reason
Try this: https://wapo.st/3pUUnJu
I’ll edit the link for the post. Sorry, didn’t realize these type of gift links expire after 14 days.
thanks!
It’s just a shortened link, probably copied it for mobile.
But what’s the point of shortening it? I want to see the source before clicking on a link.
He likely wasn’t responsible for shortening it, Washington post did it automatically when sharing the article. Everything does this nowadays Google maps adds trackers to the url when sharing as well. I agree it’s annoying but not many good ways around it.
especially on mobile. On desktop, where you have a keyboard and mouse, and even tools like browser extensions or whatever it’s definitely easier.
That makes sense. Thanks!