DJM (open to jobs) on Nostr: It seems some Mastodon instances now allow their name to appear as "referrer" when ...
It seems some Mastodon instances now allow their name to appear as "referrer" when visiting an outside link...
Anyone else seen this? Seems recent (2-3 weeks...).
I use a very light, no tracking, #Analytics plugin in #WordPress, that just counts pageviews and origins, and noticed this a few times already.
#Mastodon #Fediverse
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2024-12-28 14:16:59Event JSON
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