> On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Jim Renkel <james.ren...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Does the URL shortening happen only for tweets entered at twitter.com? Or does it also happen for tweets created via the API? The former is a twitter UI issue, and if they want to shorten tweets, well, that’s their business. The API also shortens the urls into bit.ly links. I have seen no option to suppress this behavior. - Hedley On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Jim Renkel <james.ren...@gmail.com> wrote: > I completely agree with the sentiment as stated, but have a question. > > > > Does the URL shortening happen only for tweets entered at twitter.com? Or > does it also happen for tweets created via the API? The former is a twitter > UI issue, and if they want to shorten tweets, well, that’s their business. > > > > But shortening URLs in tweets created via the API is **MY** business as a > user of the API, and, IMHO, none of theirs. If I and / or my user want a URL > shortened, we’ll do it. And if I or my user **DON’T** want it shortened, > then the API should not do it. > > > > If in fact URL shortening is possible via the API, then there should at > least be an option to suppress it. >
