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It's infinitely frustrating to see press coverage of HKmap.live that doesn't *actually link to HKmap.live* which is a real, bona-fide website that does the job.
This article has *25* other links, but doesn't actually link to HKmap.live

🤦‍♂️ buzzfeednews.com/article/alexka…

The hell are you doing, @BuzzFeedNews?
@BuzzFeedNews @voxdotcom: this article contains 22 links and talks about HKmap.live, but doesn't link it. Wut.

vox.com/recode/2019/10…

/cc @Pinboard
@BuzzFeedNews @voxdotcom @Pinboard Is there an editorial decision being made? This seems like the FT making the same error has to be intentional...right?

ft.com/content/c8a845…
@BuzzFeedNews @voxdotcom @Pinboard I mean, the Grey Lady not being able to use humble `<a href="...">` either seems wildly implausible:

nytimes.com/2019/10/09/tec…

Or have native apps so thoroughly taken over that we need to start an education campaign?
@BuzzFeedNews @voxdotcom @Pinboard It feels like I'm taking crazy pills. Did @hkmaplive put out a memo saying "thanks for writing about how folks can't get to our app, now please don't help them get there"?
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