Best I can tell, the only reason they're popular is because microblogging sites count links against your 140-character limit.
Now, if only Twitter[0] used footnotes[1] and didn't count the URL against the message, they'd disappear. 0: https://twitter.com/ 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Note_%28typography%29 Now, if only Twitter (https://twitter.com/) used footnotes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Note_%28typography%29) and didn't count the URL ag On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 8:18 AM, Nadim Kobeissi <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there any benefit other than an aesthetic one? Centralizing all URLs > under a single authority and then obfuscating them doesn't sound like a > particularly great idea... > > > NK > > > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Eugen Leitl <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 03:14:35PM +0100, Alex Comninos wrote: >> > data retention and privacy implications compared to for example is.gd >> > or installing a URL shortner on Libtech's own servers? >> >> Earl shorteners are considered harmful. Don't use them. >> >> > implications of the .ly ccTLD being under Libyan jurisdiction? >> > >> > I would like to hear a little about these issues >> -- >> Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > > > -- > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
