While I tend to strip the tracking params and there are extensions that do this, I don't think most people do. These URLs are pretty 'ugly'.
So if the links that are being shared most on the internet (YT, TikTok, Twitter) don't care, you probably shouldn't either. I think the onus is on the UI layers (Chat apps, etc) to show urls how they look best on their respective platforms.
Edit: to this point, it looks like HN truncates these to make them less ugly too.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFMzQ3tYTFU&pp=ygURY2hQImVzZ...
Or Twitter:
> https://x.com/elonmusk/status/172853302828286055507?s=20
Or TikTok:
> https://www.tiktok.com/@<userId>/video/730292574259232054785...
While I tend to strip the tracking params and there are extensions that do this, I don't think most people do. These URLs are pretty 'ugly'.
So if the links that are being shared most on the internet (YT, TikTok, Twitter) don't care, you probably shouldn't either. I think the onus is on the UI layers (Chat apps, etc) to show urls how they look best on their respective platforms.
Edit: to this point, it looks like HN truncates these to make them less ugly too.