They must measure where do you go from after reddit, they must measure too that I use reddit less and less.
If reddit can get 100 Russian bots to “interact” with ads and claim they’re people they don’t care if 1 you is there. They’re about quantity not quality. Also kickbacks.
you’re counting as a monthly active user for reddit even if you have a referrer set, thus helping perpetuate their crap. just don’t go there
How do they know that you’re going between them? Are you clicking on lemmy links in reddit?
cookies?
No, they can’t access those cookies. What they can measure is that you’re clicking Lemmy links on Reddit, or that you’re navigating to Lemmy from Reddit using the
Refererheader: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_refererWhy yes, thank you
milk?
no thanks, im lactose
cookies. (unless you’re using Firefox) cookies from one website work on all website. this also means that Facebook, once you’ve accepted their cookies, sees what you’re doing on every website
Does lemmy have reddit cookies? That doesn’t sound right…
no, but if youve accepted cookies on reddit and (unless you’re using Firefox) those cookies still exist and work even if you’re visiting other websites. meaning that Reddit can see that you’re visiting lemmy
That’s… not how cookies work. They’re only accessible by the website that set them, and unless Lemmy starts embedding reddit content into its pages, there’s zero way for Reddit to know that you’re here.
Wait. Why would reddit have access to the Lemmy cookie?
It makes sense that Facebook knows what sites you’re visiting because of the “share on Facebook” buttons that read your Facebook cookie, and of course Google tracks you via its ads and analytics network, but sites don’t have unlimited access to all of your cookies. That would be insane.
The fact that Facebook can do that because they have their little buttons that are embedded in so many webpages is redicilous.
Firefox multi-tab containers combat this, right?
Reddit doesn’t have access to ‘the Lemmy cookie’ but the Reddit cookies are still active when you’re visiting other websites. Firefox blocks this though
What do you mean “active?” It’s just a file on your computer. Reddit has to actively look for the cookie, which they can do if they have a “share on Reddit” button on the websites you visit. But Reddit doesn’t know all the websites you went to that don’t have this button just because you have a cookie.
Who they is?
You can use alternative frontends, one way is via LibRedirect browser extension. That helps a lot, you’ll see cached copies instead so “they” don’t get to know you’re there.
Unfortunately, many such alt frontends instances stop working from time to time (e.g. Individuos vs YouTube)
