[pmalynin]

This is one of the reasons why FB et al go to a special link before opening the actual target site.

[hueving]

That's more of a happy accident. Their primary reason is to track things.

[tuukkah]

I thought the primary reason was privacy: https://m.facebook.com/notes/facebook-engineering/protecting...

[xuki]

You can track click without a redirect.

[azazqadir]

Like using utm?

[xuki]

Like using javascript