ZWS is a URL shortener which uses zero width characters to shorten URLs.
  • m_f@midwest.social
    ·
    20 days ago

    Much shorter!

    https://zws.im/%F3%A0%81%A1%F3%A0%81%B4%E2%80%8D%F3%A0%81%B7%F3%A0%81%A3%F3%A0%81%B9%F3%A0%81%B7

    If you want to see what it output, try https://babelstone.co.uk/Unicode/whatisit.html, the above link is:

    U+0068 : LATIN SMALL LETTER H
U+0074 : LATIN SMALL LETTER T
U+0074 : LATIN SMALL LETTER T
U+0070 : LATIN SMALL LETTER P
U+0073 : LATIN SMALL LETTER S
U+003A : COLON
U+002F : SOLIDUS {slash, forward slash, virgule}
U+002F : SOLIDUS {slash, forward slash, virgule}
U+007A : LATIN SMALL LETTER Z
U+0077 : LATIN SMALL LETTER W
U+0073 : LATIN SMALL LETTER S
U+002E : FULL STOP {period, dot, decimal point}
U+0069 : LATIN SMALL LETTER I
U+006D : LATIN SMALL LETTER M
U+002F : SOLIDUS {slash, forward slash, virgule}
U+E0061 : TAG LATIN SMALL LETTER A
U+E0074 : TAG LATIN SMALL LETTER T
U+200D : ZERO WIDTH JOINER [ZWJ]
U+E0077 : TAG LATIN SMALL LETTER W
U+E0063 : TAG LATIN SMALL LETTER C
U+E0079 : TAG LATIN SMALL LETTER Y
U+E0077 : TAG LATIN SMALL LETTER W

    Also, some apps handle this better than others. Element Desktop renders the link as:

    https://zws.im/%F3%A0%81%A1%F3%A0%81%B4%E2%80%8D%F3%A0%81%B7%F3%A0%81%A3%F3%A0%81%B9%F3%A0%81%B7