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In Facebook, the timestamp on a comment or post is a URL pointing to that comment or post. You can right-click one of those timestamps and "copy link address" or "copy link location" or similar, to get a link to the comment or post, which can be sent in an email, bookmarked, etc.

However, somewhere around late May, 2020, Facebook changed those URLs. Now when I right-click the timestamp and copy the URL for a facebook comment, there are two additional parameters added to the URL:

&__cft__[0]=...{a long string of mostly-alphanumeric characters)...

&__tn__=R]-R

What are they?

(The "tn" suggests something to do with a thumbnail, perhaps?)

The additional parameters don't seem to have any obvious effect. If I remove them, the link still works.

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  • Did you get your answers? i need that answers too...
    – AmaniAli
    Commented Sep 5, 2022 at 8:59
  • No, Dan, I've never found the answer. If you find it, please post it here. Commented Sep 5, 2022 at 11:26
  • I imagine the C stands for cookie, and T is tracking. You can remove everything after the ampersand and the link still works fine. Also, if you click one of those links, the cft-part is removed when the page loads.
    – d-b
    Commented Apr 4, 2023 at 20:24
  • 2024 here. Have you found any suggestions?
    – Ooker
    Commented Jun 17 at 10:17

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