And if it’s an X link I take a little detour to block the poster as well.
I copy the url and replace the domain part with xcancel.com
Lemmy plugin idea: when someone posts a YouTube link, the server copies the video to peertube instead.
Or maybe we could build that into the client to save server resources.
While that is an idea that’s cool for the fediverse as a whole, it COMPLETELY misses the point of this post. We want to READ the information, not listen to someone trickle feed it to us, peppered with adverts and asides.
Several times a day, every day. I hate the ones that sucker you in, somehow. I follow the link fully expecting an article, and it’s just a video embedded in some site.
But, also the articles that tease the point. It could be two paragraphs, but the writer is apparently paid by the word, so you need to skim two-thirds of the article to get there.
I’m glad I’m not the only one!
Amen.
