uh, yes it is. It causes the same level of annoyance and has the same solution.

Load up Chrome and go to http://hackerne.ws, copy "hackerne.ws" from the address bar (all that displays) and you clipboard contains "http://hackerne.ws, to only get "hackerne.ws" in your clipboard you must paste somewhere else and remove the http://

Load up dailymail.co.uk and select an article, highlight a portion and copy it. Now your clipboard contains your selection + "Read more at...", now you must paste it somewhere else and remove "Read more at..." if you want your selection.

Both cases can be argued it's "for the user": The Chrome example, "oh well obviously the user wants to have http:// there!" and in the dailymail example "Well obviously if they're sharing that part of the article a link to the full article would be good!". Both examples cause the same problem and have the solution, therefore they are comparable.

I think he was being ironic (look at how it was quoted: @bar.com and not @http://bar.com)

> Load up dailymail.co.uk

There was your first mistake

sfgate.com does it also. No political affiliation is safe!