• tun
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    129 months ago

    Care to share what is fastforward?

    • @[email protected]
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      9 months ago

      It’s a fork of a extension I forgot the name of. It basically detects link shorteners or other things and redirects you to the site that those type of stuff would redirect you to directly. It is crowdsourced so if you click on a link shortener, and it’s not in the db, fastforward sends it to their db and helps others by redirecting them to the correct website the next time.

        • Automated_Footprint
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          49 months ago

          Those sites are usually filled with ads, or you’ll have to wait 10 or more seconds before they give the link. Instead this extension will redirect you in no time

      • @[email protected]
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        19 months ago

        What’s it used for? I mean, if the url redirects you to the original website, why should I get redirected by fast-forward instead of the original redirect? Just a question to understand the use of it. Thanks

    • LanyrdSkynrd [he/him]
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      39 months ago

      It appears to be a browser plugin that bypasses those countdowns that paying link shorteners use to force you to look at ads. Sites like adf.ly

  • bob
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    19 months ago

    How is that different from clearurl?