Let the hyperlink get us to the finish line

Today’s apps and websites do everything they can to keep traffic and content tightly tied to their moats.

For example, if we don’t log in or register an account, we can’t see all the answers from Zhihu. Mobile users won’t be able to see the full content of most sites without downloading an App.

This got me thinking: Does the content we produce on the platform belong to the platform, or to the users themselves?

The answer seems obvious.

The Internet doesn’t seem “connected” at all.

Today we’re going to talk about another example of not being connected, which is hyperlinks, becoming hyperlinks.

When we read an article on the website, the author will give some links for the reader to learn more about it. However, these links are often not linked directly to the corresponding website. Instead, they will jump to a transfer page with the message “Leaving soon…” To jump again, you need to confirm again.

That was fine once or twice, but now it seems to be standard practice on every site. According to the author’s daily usage statistics, mainstream content platforms such as Weibo, wechat public account, Zhihu, Douban, Jianshu and CSDN all have corresponding transfer pages.

No matter what the site is for, but a lot of repetitive operations, it is very easy to wear out the patience of readers, and 99.99% of links are not dangerous links, so it will only increase the cost of use.

In order to change the Internet experience back to the way we know it, and for hyperlinks to get us where we want to go, it is recommended that we all install an oil monkey script that removes the middle pages. It’s rudely called Open the F **king URL Right Now.

The script takes effect when you click on the middle page of the link, parses the site you’re going to, and automatically jumps to it. Source code only 200 lines less than, relatively simple, recommended reading.

At present, the script supports weibo, Jianshu, CSDN, Douban and other websites. If you need to add new websites, you can send an issue to the author of the script. If you can read the script code, all you need to do is add a website address to the configuration item.

Finally, is the Internet still the information superhighway people used to say?