Human_Readable™ URLs

Nov 11, 2023

TLDR; make sure links you are sharing on Facebook are 'human readable'

What's this mean?

I admin several large Facebook groups and I've noticed the platform is starting to flag non human readable URLs as potential cyber security threats. 

As a general rule of thumb, I would recommend not approving URLs that aren't immediately obvious where they point. 

E.g., https://evcs30-289aa0bf019a.herokuapp.com/ is a legitimate URL that points to a website where real estate agents in a specific brokerage can download real time real estate data. But...it's not apparent what this website is. 

Contrast that with https://smallbusiness.the411forthe719.com/ where it's much more clear what the intent of the site is. 

If you want to preserve your platform, use caution in approving the former type URLs right now.