On: Probably the worst URL scheme ever

[raverbashing]

You can have a public URL for linkedin in the format /in/CustomName

E.g.:www.linkedin.com/in/barackobama

[smackfu → raverbashing]

Too bad that seems like only an external reference method, and the site never uses those URLs internally.

[masnick → smackfu]

Yeah, I want to know what they're doing internally with these insane URLs. It's just ugly -- poor craftsmanship IMHO.

[mseebach → masnick]

Yeah, nothing screams good craftsmanship like armchair-quarterbacking someone else's work that clearly works well.

FWIW, it seems to be some sort of encoded state, essentially HATEOS.

[smackfu → mseebach]

Works well?

"Oh you want the URL of your LinkedIn Profile? Don't use the URL in the address bar, silly! Use this other URL we are providing randomly down the page."

[mseebach → smackfu]

I was referring to the URL-scheme of the LinkedIn app in general, not just the profile page - I somehow missed that this subthread was only about the profile page. Yes, I agree they dropped the ball completely on that. Especially tragic as they could fix the 80% case with a front-end one-liner (window.history.replaceState).

[3825 → raverbashing]

Apparently he is a 3rd connection. o.O