Error · identical-links-same-purpose

Same link text, different destinations

Q: What does the identical-links-same-purpose error mean?

Same link text, different destinations. Links that read the same go to different places, so users can't predict where they'll land.

Q: Who does it affect?

blind people (screen readers), people with cognitive disabilities

Links that read the same go to different places, so users can't predict where they'll land.

Who it leaves out: blind people (screen readers) · people with cognitive disabilities

How to fix it

Make link texts specific.

In the code

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