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Note published on November 24, 2024 at 6:37 PM UTC

2024-11-24T18:37:46+00:00

social media platform users are going to link offsite. the only question is how obnoxious the platform will make it for them and everyone else.

Screenshot of an Instagram comments section where every comment just says

(For context: Instagram prohibits links in post text. This, plus the incentive to inflate comments, has led to the proliferation of tools where creators instruct their followers to comment with a specific word to receive a link in their DMs — in this case, to a pie crust recipe)