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1. Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Nov-2023 04:55:40 JST Eugen Rochko

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   • Kit O'Connell 🏳️‍⚧️

   @oconnell Even if we didn’t hide the referrer in the browser, a lot of people are using apps to access Mastodon, which never send referrers. The best option is putting something like utm_campaign on the links.

   • Kit O'Connell 🏳️‍⚧️ (oconnell@texasobserver.social)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Nov-2023 04:55:51 JST Kit O'Connell 🏳️‍⚧️

     Mastodon is currently our third largest social network by following, after ex-birdsite and Facebook.

     I understand some of the philosophy behind Eugen & co's choices, but I do wish Mastodon didn't hide its referrers from Google Analytics, or at least that there was an easier way to make this optional.

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