On Fri, 22 May 2026, Kent Oyer wrote:
If we merge these plugins, we might lose the ability to detect whether a link is
"shortener" or a "redirector".
Can we get those terms defined for how they are being used here?
My mental model is:
"shortener" - like tinyurl and t.co, you have to retrieve the (typically
short) link to see what the true target is.
"redirector" - true target is embedded as a parameter in the URL and can
be extracted without a HTTP request.
Is that what we're discussing here?
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