How to either forward www or get facebook to stop adding it?

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  quarterlifeconvos · Member · Mar 4, 2013 at 10:21 pm

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  When posting my blog’s link on facebook, facebook adds the www, which sends to an unknown Go Daddy page. How can I either get the www to forward to my blog’s website or get facebook to not add that portion to the web address?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 4, 2013 at 11:33 pm

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  We actually strip out the www. for your convenience, and http://www.quarterlifeconversations.com/ is currently redirecting to http://quarterlifeconversations.com/

  www is an old protocol from back when everything was under separate server hardware. www (www.example.com) was the web server, mail (mail.example.com) was the mail server, ftp (ftp.example.com) was the FTP server, print (print.example.com) was the print server, etc.

  These days, everything is run under the web server, making www. redundant and a waste of four characters.

  If you’re having trouble with the redirect, please try clearing your browser’s cache: http://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clear-your-cache-and-cookies