Post #2141620
2026-04-29 21:11 UTC
So, my suspicion was correct. China dithers geographic mapping information for security purposes. Thanks to @mgiraldo.mstdn.social for the link to the explanation: https://medium.com/@anastasia.bizyayeva/every-map-of-china-is-wrong-bc2bce145db2
(edited to add full name link)
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@skry@mastodon.social 2026-04-29 21:42
@mralancooper It’s usually invisible in posts because of html, but names and web addresses must be fully qualified on Mastodon in order to form links reliably even though your editor shows you it is linked. I added @ mastodon . social to the end of the name @mgiraldo for ex. IIRC, the folks on your own server might not require that, so that’s a namespace misdelivery hazard potentially. https: // required and invisible in posts, is hard to discover, so everyone must RTFM or get help, lol.