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Ask HN: Why do some companies use such long tracking links?

7 points by mikeyla85 ↗ HN
When I share a link on Facebook, the tracking code is sometimes longer than the URL itself! Why not just assign a single alphanumeric tracking code -- it's shorter, easier to copy, and would be less likely to be removed from the link.

Are they just throwing the tracking in our faces?

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mattl
Can you give an example?

I suspect sometimes the tracking code is multiple different tracking codes combined together.

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