Mee@reddthat.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-219 hours agoWhy do websites still include those buttons to share articles in 2025? does anyone even still use them?reddthat.comimagemessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1357arrow-down16
arrow-up1351arrow-down1imageWhy do websites still include those buttons to share articles in 2025? does anyone even still use them?reddthat.comMee@reddthat.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-219 hours agomessage-square82fedilink
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·19 hours agoAs far as I can tell they are easy to add and everyone else is doing it, so the people who make decisions about the website don’t want to feel left out. Kind of like how those sites became popular in the first place, easy and perceived popularity.
minus-squareLumpyPancakes@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·18 hours agoIt’s just an option on many WordPress templates - asks for your social URLs but I don’t know if any tracking happens natively as a result.
As far as I can tell they are easy to add and everyone else is doing it, so the people who make decisions about the website don’t want to feel left out. Kind of like how those sites became popular in the first place, easy and perceived popularity.
It’s just an option on many WordPress templates - asks for your social URLs but I don’t know if any tracking happens natively as a result.