Lila

Penguins and Bruins. Check out my side blog ranger-ricciardo for F1 stuffs

[purplecrayonflower]

PSA: my F1/motorsports sideblog can be found here: http://ranger-ricciardo.tumblr.com/

[somethingtocallmine]

[yesornopolls]

Do you check for trackers and remove them before sharing links?

Do you check for trackers and remove them before sharing links?

Yes

No

Voting ended onJun 16, 2025

[batch-official]

Time for a post that doesn't comply with the gimmick...

So, companies are tracking you no matter what you do, but this specifically is something I care about deeply.

Essentially, when you share a link, sometimes it has extra data that tracks where it comes from and goes.

Opening Spotify, clicking the first item, and using the share button, I get something like open.spotify.com/track/4P0f1HTaA2UwtLJGryNgJZ?si=DBvbfihOSweU1KHj9Mib8w

That ?si=...........…. is the tracker. It tells Spotify who clicks on the link and ties it to you, meaning Spotify knows who your friends are even if you never follow them.

Similarly, if on Amazon or EBay in the browser, I get something like www.ebay.com/itm/146493392451?_skw=lenovo&itmmeta=............&hash=item................&itmprp=enc..............

And, similarly, everything after the question mark is tracking you. I had to blank it out because it was so long!

There is an exception for a few things (I.E. the v=..... on YouTube, but not the si=..... on YouTube)

The general rule is delete everything after the ? and if it breaks, add something back.

You should do this.

[digitaldiscipline]

Firefox users, when you right-click to copy a URL, it will give you the option to "copy clean link" which does what prev describes for you automatically. 10/10.

[briarhide]

In light of some of the many things happening across the world this year, I thought this Pride Month needed a special illustration.

Happy Pride Month, may we all stay safe, look after each other, and keep painting our rainbows, no matter what. 🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[sewersoul]

[jay-wasstuff]

[thornescratch]

Oh God, the Old Men are doing Yaoi at center ice.

[politicalblade]

They’re scared because they know that the public is with Luigi.

They’re violating his rights because they need to maintain capitalism.

Keep talking about Luigi.

[shamebats]

[luwitchproject]

[rimouskis]

Sid consistently using the pride tape actually means the world to me

[charlesoberonn]

Based.

I'm glad somebody in government is saying it explicitly without mincing words.

Abolish the Republican Party.

[liberalsarecool]

This movement is making real progress.

It's a long road. We will fight the whole way.

[thashining]

Musk is the biggest government welfare recipient

[lavenderseai]

hey just a reminder that the news is actively not reporting on the massive protests against the current administration happening across the country. If you're freaking out because "we're really just letting this happen?" No, we aren't, and you're not alone. Don't be complacent and don't give up.

[majorroughing]

he is a parody of himself

[burn-brighter-than-fire]

This is the most niche thing on the planet I can relate to. I used to work at the men’s store in town that he came to a lot and one time he came in chose a ton of clothes, left to get a haircut and grab cash on the way even though it was a massive purchase, then came back and just laid down on the rug and played with the owners dog while highschool me was fangirling so fucking hard (this was like a decade ago). This man had all his clothes out and ready to be bought but spent an extra 20 minutes baby talking to the service dog and asking me about college apps then tripped getting up and made a joke about being a professional athlete in a dangerous sport but almost breaking his jaw off the boutique desk

[depsidase]