HuffPo infiltrates your copy and paste
Ever tried to copy and paste something out of a HuffPo article? Give it a shot.
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That “read more” link? I didn’t copy that. It pasted itself in there. Some fundamental rule of etiquette is being violated. Not to mention I don’t know how they did it and it scares/intrigues me.
JavaScript at its best.
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politico tried this for a few days… it went away pretty quickly.
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I recently noticed the same thing when I copied and pasted an excerpt from a NY Daily News article. What’s strange is...
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I’m not bothered by it — in fact, I kind of like it. Since I like to attribute my quotes with a link, they’ve just saved...
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josephweisenthal reblogged this from mikehudack and added:
Lotsa sights doing that now. Politico, NYPost.com, Daily Mail, etc. I don’t think it’s so bad. It gets them some inbound...
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JavaScript at its best.
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