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I can explain part of it: the hash based URLs are completely broken in Canada (and presumably elsewhere). Any link I follow (e.g. gawker.com/#12345) redirects t
by thechangelog 15y ago
I can explain part of it: the hash based URLs are completely broken in Canada (and presumably elsewhere). Any link I follow (e.g. gawker.com/#12345) redirects to ca.gawker.com. The hashes aren't preserved on redirect, and I'm not interested enough in the content to go searching.
- emcgillivray 15y agoI've had the same problem with them lately. Extremely frustrating when you really want to read something and then can't find it.
- pclark 15y agoSame in the UK. You have to hit the url twice to get it to work. Cannot believe they didn't test it.
- corin_ 15y agoSame for me in the UK, can't remember the last time I clicked a Gawker link and ended up reading the content.
- rhizome 15y agoI wonder if hashbang was only rolled out in the US. Seems effectively so, if not technically.