Erik van Straten<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@theintercept" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>theintercept</span></a></span> : Most (if not all) Mastodon instances know how to "shorten" links:</p><p><a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/03/27/israel-target-palestinian-journalists-gaza/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/03/27/is</span><span class="invisible">rael-target-palestinian-journalists-gaza/</span></a></p><p>(Even with metadata it does not get longer:</p><p><a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/03/27/israel-target-palestinian-journalists-gaza/?utm_content=buffer7b5d2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=theintercept" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/03/27/is</span><span class="invisible">rael-target-palestinian-journalists-gaza/?utm_content=buffer7b5d2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=theintercept</span></a><br>)</p><p>Please use the the real domain name to prevent that people click on links impersonating your website.</p><p>Your readers deserve it.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/URLshortening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>URLshortening</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/URLshorteners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>URLshorteners</span></a></p>