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by kirillzubovsky 2224 days ago
Most browsers are switching to hiding the full page url from the user anyhow, so although the parameters are making the url ugly, it's not exactly breaking the UX.

The url is not the UX anymore.

This is why building "the obvious next steps" [1] is such an important concept. This is also why apps like Facebook or Pinterest have been so successful. Within this new UX, users are not looking to leave, they just want to find more information that is relevant to them.

[1] https://www.gkogan.co/blog/ridiculously-obvious-next-step/