Allow embedding target in obfuscated URI.

[RokeJulianLockhart]

Request

I'd like to be able to post a Dub URI, (like https://dub.sh/bZ0Ke7R) with its target embedded:

https://dub.sh/bZ0Ke7R?target=https%3A%2F%2Fbugs.kde.org%2Fshow_bug.cgi%3Fid%3D465948

https://linksta.cc/ already provides this functionality (and is where I gained the idea from):

https://linksta.cc/going/9358?https://community.frame.work/u/rokejulianlockhart/summary

If this were provided as an option when copying the URI from the dashboard into the user's clipboard, it would be perfect (and wouldn't affect anyone who doesn't want it, since it wouldn't be the default).

Rationale

Summarily, this would help to prevent link rot.

I am aware that app.dub.co is primarily a link shortener, but it's also as much a link obfuscator, fundamentally. I don't utilize it for either purpose, however - merely as a means to track engagement and allow me a centralized dashboard whereby I can update hyperlinks that have become 404s.

However, in the case that my account were ever removed (by myself or the platform shutting down) I would be seriously disappointed to know that all the Dub URIs I'd posted would become entirely dead hyperlinks.

Alternatives

You might think that merely appending the target to a fragment (#) would serve this purpose, but that has defined functionality - it's not equivalent to a mere comment.

[linear[bot]]

ENG-502 Embed target in obfuscated URI.

[RokeJulianLockhart]

#1171 (comment)

@steven-tey, why a discussion?

[RokeJulianLockhart]

mastodon/mastodon#22424 (comment) is relevant.