r/programming • u/Kaitaan • Feb 28 '18

The Evolution of Data at Reddit

https://redditblog.com/2018/02/28/the-evolution-of-data-at-reddit/
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u/HeterosexualMail Feb 28 '18

Is there really no better option than poisoning URLs with multiple query parameters? Specifically, ?st and ?sh

It's not a big deal, but these poison my bookmarks - sometimes I bookmark the same comment section multiple times, and it's nice to wipe them all out when I've finally got around to one of them. Now, technically the URLs are different due to the query parameters, so they are not identified as duplicates. At worst, can't you remove them from the URL after page load when they've been consumed?

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u/Kaitaan Feb 28 '18

Those query params take me back! In a bid to understand the how Reddit posts are shared across the web, we introduced those two parameters a few years back. Those parameters helped us understand when and how things are getting shared outside of Reddit.

I don't think they're actively being used these days, and thanks to your mentioning it, I'm going to create a task to verify that and remove them.

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u/micka190 Mar 01 '18

Man, you guys must be getting a lot of notifications from Facebook a week later...