Better Event URLs
Right now, all events are only reachable via their UUID, which has multiple usability problems:
- The URLs are always very long
- It is impossible to know anything about an event without visiting it's site
- It is impossible to remember the link to an event
- It is impossible to print the URL to an event on a physical poster without using a 3rd party shortlink generator to generate a URL which can be manually typed
This can be solved in two ways:
- Generate the URL from something other than the UUID (e.g. from the event title + a short random suffix specific to the instance the event is originating from, to prevent collisions over federation) -> Would only really solve problem 2
- Allow event creators to add one or multiple short urls which redirect to/show the event page, which only work on the specific instance (to prevent collisions) -> Would solve problem 1-4, but only for events where the creator opted in
Edited by Luca Eichler