From dffd14a19f5ec6569e739c35b95c9b876c95371d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leyla Becker Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:11:34 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] copy: fixed grammar --- .../remove-tracking-params-from-links.md | 30 ++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/posts/drafts/remove-tracking-params-from-links.md b/posts/drafts/remove-tracking-params-from-links.md index 1c37034..cf162bc 100644 --- a/posts/drafts/remove-tracking-params-from-links.md +++ b/posts/drafts/remove-tracking-params-from-links.md @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ This tracking infrastructure is also used to monitor activists and social moveme Beyond the privacy, and political implications, tracking parameters make links harder for people to read and share. A clean URL like `example.com/article` becomes an incomprehensible mess like `example.com/article?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=abc123xyz`. Removing these trackers saves screen space, internet bandwidth, and leaves the people around you with more energy at the end of the day for the things that they care about. [^facebook_depression]: Internal Facebook research leaked in 2021 showed the company was aware that Instagram was harmful to teenage mental health, particularly for teen girls experiencing depression, anxiety, and body image issues. See: [Wall Street Journal's Facebook Files investigation](https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-knows-instagram-is-toxic-for-teen-girls-company-documents-show-11631620739) -[^mere_exposure_effect]: The more that you are exposed to something the more likely you are to have a positive option about it even if you are not aware of this bias being built from the advertisements. https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Mere-exposure_effect +[^mere_exposure_effect]: The more that you are exposed to something the more likely you are to have a positive opinion about it even if you are not aware of this bias being built from the advertisements. https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Mere-exposure_effect [^facebook_electoral_interference]: Facebook's own research demonstrated that the platform could influence voter turnout and potentially election outcomes. A 2012 study published in Nature showed Facebook could increase voter turnout through social messaging. See: [Bond et al., "A 61-million-person experiment in social influence and political mobilization"](https://www.nature.com/articles/nature11421) [^tracking_activists]: Government agencies use metadata and location tracking to monitor movements and activists. [404 Media's investigation into ICE's neighborhood monitoring tools](https://www.404media.co/inside-ices-tool-to-monitor-phones-in-entire-neighborhoods/) While this specific example isn't directly about data that they have harvested from tracker links they could very easily do the same thing to get an idea of who is involved with what movements. @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ Beyond the privacy, and political implications, tracking parameters make links h
Port - Network port to connect to (default to 443 for https, and 80 for http) + Network port to connect to (defaults to 443 for https, and 80 for http)
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size=medium - tells the page which size use a medium size + tells the page to use a medium size
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