Tracking. The links themselves will likely have unique referrer IDs so the platform knows where a click comes from.
Aren't these buttons still around just to track you even if you don't interact with them? Since most people don't logout from their social media on their personal device.
Users don't need to interact with them, when a site adds the button to their page it allows that code to track you around the net. It's still generating revenue even if you never click on it.
Sites still add them because it makes them money at the expense of your privacy.
I still want to know why they show up on porn sites...
Cause I'm sitting here watching backdoor sluts 9 and thinking to myself; "you know who'd really enjoy this? Grandma."
You'd be surprised how the average person interacts with the Internet .
In uBlock Origin activate the filterlist EasyList – Social Widgets to remove those.
I love how pornhub has a share button.
Quite a few people use them on the more modern sites like bluesky/mastodon (also rss/email etc...).
Its like less than 99% of people from what I see on my sites (Im a software developer) but its enough to make a difference.
As far as I can tell they are easy to add and everyone else is doing it, so the people who make decisions about the website don't want to feel left out. Kind of like how those sites became popular in the first place, easy and perceived popularity.
I don't. Fuck each and everyone of those spy balls.
Share buttons are fucking useless IMO. You have to jump through a dozen screens to actually share them, or just copy the link and paste it where you want shared.
Well I sure as hell don't use that one.
I use the share by email button all the time because it is 2 clicks easier than copying and pasting the url.
I don't think I've ever noticed those lol.
Who needs adblock when you're just oblivious
yes. I see their utm's all the time
Look at all those methods I would never use to share anything from a website.
Might just be me, but if I wanted to share something with someone it's going to be an IM
Alright, I'll admit it, I don't get it. What are the icons supposed to say?
Those are still a thing? I adblocked them a long time ago.
top 50 comments