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Comment by js4all | Hacker News Reader

Why does the article link have facebook parameters? Is this an attack?

    fb_action_ids:4017015587920
    fb_action_types:og.likes
    fb_source:timeline_og
    action_object_map:{"4017015587920":403518526395777}
    action_type_map:{"4017015587920":"og.likes"}
    action_ref_map:[]

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It would appear at first glance that thealphanerd found the article through a link on Facebook, so the URL contains their tracking code.

oops

chc is right... I got to the link through facebook and then shared in through a browser plugin... wasn't paying attention to the extra fluff that got added to the end of the url.

Will pay better attention to that in the future.

Thanks for pointing that out!

What do you mean by "attack"?

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