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[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 32 points 23 hours ago (7 children)

Cool. Just what we need on every website, another share button.

[–] mschae@discuss.mschae23.de 10 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

I wonder if anyone actually uses any of these. I just can't imagine finding an article or something and wanting to share it this way, but I'm also not on Mastodon or other similar networks.

Now that I think about it, this might make the most sense for link aggregators, as that's just the kind of post you'd frequently share. Hm.

[–] Zarxrax@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

If you access something through an app rather than a web browser, the only way to get the url may be through the share button.

[–] mschae@discuss.mschae23.de 2 points 22 hours ago

Oh that's true, I didn't consider that. I do usually copy the URL directly, because share buttons tend to add tracking parameters I'd have to remove manually. But I know many people don't even bother (or know about) that. Still, that's only the “share as link” button. Who knows how much the social share buttons actually get used.

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