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Please, do not contribute to redirection-hell

Please, do not contribute to redirection-hell

Posted Oct 13, 2010 9:47 UTC (Wed) by dgm (subscriber, #49227)
In reply to: There is another, simpler way by marcH
Parent article: Gilmore on the "computer health certificate" plan

Completely off-topic:

It's better if you do not use URL shorteners unless you really need to.

Some people like me like to se where one will land when a link is clicked, and avoid to do so in case it is not appropiate. There are many other concerns about them, including security and privacy, as to better avoid them if at all possible.

Please, keep them for when they make sense, Tweeter for example.

Thanks.


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Please, do not contribute to redirection-hell

Posted Oct 13, 2010 9:51 UTC (Wed) by dgm (subscriber, #49227) [Link]

I mean Twitter, of course.

return -ENOCOFFEE;

please, think of the future

Posted Oct 13, 2010 19:47 UTC (Wed) by dmarti (subscriber, #11625) [Link]

And when a domain squatter picks up your favorite URL shortener domain, or someone wins it in a lawsuit, you will become a web spammer retroactively.

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