Markup let’s you label a link which is really nice for readability but can also be used to trick people into opening a different site from what they are shown. For example the link below suggests it takes you to a Mastodon instance but if you blindly tap it it will take you somewhere else:

https://mastodon.social/explore

Is there a quick and convenient way to check the actual URL behind a link? I know that it’s possible to show a post as plain markup but in longer posts with potentially multiple links it’s cumbersome to correlate what is what.

Ideally long tapping a link should show you the actual URL or alternatively you always get a small confirmation pop up with a simple tap (that’s how it worked on RIF for instance).

Just sanity checking if I’m missing anything, else I might submit a feature request.

Edit: looks like this was added in a recent update. Get the newest version and it will let you long press a link to get an options menu.

    • cy_narrator
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      1 year ago

      No need, just switching to alternate DNS works. Also ISPs dont care about it.

      One thing is funny though, people tend to think its a secret feature to switch to an alternate DNS server. Like they are the only ones who know this. Network Engineers in ISPs study this thing. They know it, they just dont care if you bypass this nationwide filter. They are doing this just to show that they are following government rules.