Proposing rel="share-url" as a standard for consistent cross-platform sharing
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Summary
The article discusses the inconsistent and fragmented nature of sharing links across different social media platforms. Each platform (Facebook, BlueSky, LinkedIn, Telegram, Reddit, HackerNews, etc.) has a different "intent" or format for accepting shared content—some accept only URLs, others accept text and URLs, and some only plain text. The author proposes using a standardized HTML attribute like `rel="share-url"` to expose sharing intents consistently across websites, which would simplify the sharing process for users.
Key quotes
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As you can see, some only allow a URL, some text and a URL, and some just a plain text which could contain the URL. A bit of a mess!
It's probably impossible to ge
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