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We use Cloudflare Workers as a very simple URL shortener [1]. It has very generous free tier (100k requests per day) so it's more than enough for a lot of use cases. [1] https://lucjan.medium.com/free-url-shortener-with-cloudflare...
Cloudflare docs [1] recommend using an ‘AAAA’ record with the value ‘100::’ for the dummy DNS entry. 1. https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/learning/getting-s...
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FYI that your site is blocked by this list: https://gitlab.com/The_Quantum_Alpha/the-quantum-ad-list HN post for that list here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25512273
Hm, well I've got to work out how to get off that list! Thanks for giving me the heads up. EDIT: I'm not sure quite how to deal with being put on ad lists. Sure, people can upload any file to our host so it's plausible that someone, at some point, has uploaded an advert. Someone could also redirect to an advert domain and we'd have no way to really deal with that unless it was reported. Ideas are welcome for solution…
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I use u-block origin on "medium" mode where you have it block 3rd party javascript by default and it behaves the same. Unblocking the cloudflare originating javascript fixes it. I'd guess my setup is more common than having javascript disabled entirely. Not a complaint, just another data point.
Is there some reason you want to block cloudflare JS? If not, wouldn't it be easier to add an exception to uBlock rather than try to get devs to change their site for you?
There are various reasons to block 3rd party JS; security, privacy etc; CDNs and remote-linking of Javascript and other such content is counter productive to those endeavours.
A good-citizen should aim to self-host anything as important as executable code _where possible_. The reasons, I hope, are obvious.
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More than you'd think, not as many as I'd hope. Easily 2/3rds of the ones I visit work, FWIW. Google works fine without javascript. Stunningly fast.
> Google works fine without javascript. Stunningly fast. Until they block you for "suspicious behavior" after a few minutes of using it like that.
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Just some thoughts: 1. Reach out to the list maintainer to see why your site was added. 2. Create a blocklist comprised of those ad lists. Don’t redirect to sites on the blocklist. 3. (Of dubious practical value) Create a Terms of Service that says users may not use your to link to advertisements.
+1 to the second suggestion as a low-effort way to make some headway in staying off blocklists. A place to start might be this large, very popular list that combines a bunch of other lists: https://oisd.nl/ Actual text file is here (large file warning): https://hosts.oisd.nl/ Just prevent your service from shortening links to any of those domains.
This is an excellent merged blocklist, with public whitelist (oisd is fully closed, no insight in what is whitelisted and why, also causing more false positives..)
What's a good alternative (with the ability to tailor the shortened url)? I wouldn't mind paying a couple bucks a year.
I'm an avid tinyurl user. Anyone from that site want to explain their justification for this before I stop using your service? What's a good alternative (with the ability to tailor the shortened url)? I wouldn't mind paying a couple bucks a year.
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It is a shame that T.LY displays only the footer without JavaScript enabled instead of degrading gracefully. Surely a plain HTML form that POSTs should suffice? I'm not sure how much work it would require for you to support this, but it would help cement your place as a good web actor if you're so inclined!
Sorry about that. I honestly didn't think anyone browsed the web without javascript enabled. How common is that? We do offer a simple to use api that you could build on top of to shorten link. Also an extension that offers the ability to shorten a url in one click. API Docs: https://t.ly/docs/ Extension: https://t.ly/extension
I don't know how common it is, but I do. I have a secondary browser profile which does allow it, but frankly for just about any page I visit if it doesn't work without JavaScript I will skip it: the Internet is large and I rarely need to look at a page.
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It is a shame that T.LY displays only the footer without JavaScript enabled instead of degrading gracefully. Surely a plain HTML form that POSTs should suffice? I'm not sure how much work it would require for you to support this, but it would help cement your place as a good web actor if you're so inclined!
Sorry about that. I honestly didn't think anyone browsed the web without javascript enabled. How common is that? We do offer a simple to use api that you could build on top of to shorten link. Also an extension that offers the ability to shorten a url in one click. API Docs: https://t.ly/docs/ Extension: https://t.ly/extension
I certainly do! I am sure that I am very unusual, but to this day I very much prefer not to grant execute permissions to ever page I read. JavaScript is a huge security/privacy/performance hole, and is simply not needed for displaying lines of text and images, nor for accepting forms data.
It has some pros, too, but on the whole I really miss the mid-2000s Web and am not fond of all the web applications out there.
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Doesn’t all content exist to receive attention? I think there would be exceptions, like test sites, personal experiments etc. that could make it on to the internet without seeking attention, but any content designed for consumption is attention-seeking.
> Doesn’t all content exist to receive attention? Maybe. Attention can also be granted without it have been called there. There are also websites not designed for consumption. If every website is advertising, then surely most of human discourse and activity would also be considered advertising. What's even the purpose of the word? You're not going to convince me that everything is an ad, and I probably won't convince…
I do believe all content made for consumption (even purely informational content) is attention-seeking.