Reason for link share username appending at the end

Hi,

Our community is tring to reason why using discourses default share button appends the users username at the end: Inderes.fi tuotekehityksen päivitykset #techtalk - Kehitysideat - Osakesijoittaminen

that u=yu_gong part.

Whats the reason for that and is it intended? :slight_smile:

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يمكن الآن أيضًا تبديل هذا باستخدام إعداد المسؤول السماح باسم المستخدم في روابط المشاركة: :+1: