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Why doesn’t xkcd site have social media share options?

19th November 2013

My answer to Why doesn’t xkcd site have social media share options? on Quora

My guess: he probably thinks they are a bit tacky.

Plus his target audience are mostly capable of sharing via copy-and-paste URLs without needing the assistance of a share button.

Posted 19th November 2013 at 1:44 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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