Ben Werdmuller :ben: :tardis: on Nostr: A continued reminder that blocking referrers on Mastodon means that nobody can ...
A continued reminder that blocking referrers on Mastodon means that nobody can measure how many visits they're getting from the platform, so publishers don't know how much to invest in it (and therefore don't). It's such an own goal for the platform.
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2025-02-11 20:29:27Event JSON
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