• NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      TL;DR: “No 14 year old boy will stop following someone if they’re considered evil and bad, but they will stop if they’re considered cringe”.

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        Thanks! I sometimes remove that (forgot this time) but never knew what that was.

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          It’s your personal identifying code. When someone clicks a link with it, Google knows they got the link from you. They want to know who you’re talking to on other platforms for their data models.