I am curious if there has ever been an official response from twitter on why some simple HTML has not been allowed in a tweet? If we were able to use an anchor tag, and the HTML did not count against the 140 character limit, then the need for a URL shortener service would not be needed.
On Jul 8, 10:27 am, sull <[email protected]> wrote: > ironically, my example urls are shortened here ;) > > On Jul 8, 12:20 pm, sull <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > this is a topic of interest to me for a long while. > > been meaning to start a thread. > > > i'm often bothered by the automatic shortening of urls when in fact > > the url does not need to be shortened. in these cases, i of course do > > not want to hide the real url by using a forced 3rd party service like > > bit.ly. > > i have use cases where all that is posted is a url. and the url > > includes a long detailed description of the link. this, in my > > opinion, is smart as the only object to maintain is the url itself > > which provides a hyperlink and a short message combined. sometimes, > > these use cases are using natural language vanity urls to form short > > sentences. > > > ie.http://john.tot.al.ly/wiped-out-on-this-huge-wave-in-hawaii-at-the-Su... > > > the other annoying thing that is related to the twitter UI is how long > > urls are cut-off//trimmed even if they dont need to be. the above > > example would be destroyed because it would result in something > > like: > > >http://john.tot.al.ly/wip.... > > > actually, i'm not certain if that is still the case as it seems to me > > that every url is shortened with bit.ly now. i grok the value in > > tracking urls and bit.ly may be bought by twitter at some point and > > this notion of url tracking will be fully integrated.... but the > > debate about url shortners in general.... how they can break the > > natural web, are vulnerable to massive broken links and simply thr > > cryptic format itself that hides the true location.... are all to be > > considered and continued to be debated. > > > at the very least, 3rd party developers should get an override > > toggle. > > that is something i think we all need to start demanding. > > > and yes, an official doc explaining the current and future > > impementations of url shortening on twitter is definitely needed now. > > >http://plea.se/twitter-dont-shorten-this-url-with-bitly-since-it-does... > > >http://twitter.com/sull/status/2534470050 > > > @sull > > > On Jul 8, 4:50 am, Swaroop <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > "However, if you paste in a link that is less than 30 characters, > > > we'll post it in its entirety. If it's longer than 30 characters, > > > we'll convert it to a shorter URL." > > > > Source:http://help.twitter.com/portal
