You can learn about what t.co is and what it is used for by visiting http://t.co . That page has a summary description and links to a help article with more detailed information.
Best, @themattharris On Jun 5, 2011, at 14:02, Tim Meadowcroft <meer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The point of t.co, as I understand it, is twitter's very different dynamic > with regards to spam. > > Consider a scenario: someone creates a new account, sends one message with > @mentions of 5 high profile people, almost no text, but an http ref (perhaps > wrapped behind a shortener, maybe not). > > In the world of email, this would skew towards a "spam" rating, in the > twitter world this may be someone in an oppressed regime getting a desperate > message out - twitter's vision is to facilitate such messages without leaving > the door open to abuse. > > So rather than block the message (unlike email, this is close-to-real-time) > they wrap the href in a t.co reference that THEY control and publish the > message. If the "real" link turns out to be spam or malice or gratuitous > nonsense, they can, at any point after "publishing" the message, simply > redirect the t.co reference they've allocated, otherwise they leave it in > place. > > When you look at t.co from this point of view, I believe it makes sense - you > may or may not agree with the technique but I believe it's not some kind of > land-grab for complete control, but quite a smart and considered approach to > the trade-offs inherent in their service. > > There are interviews with their spam people that explain this in more detail > if you search for them > > -- > T > > > > -- > Twitter developer documentation and resources: https://dev.twitter.com/doc > API updates via Twitter: https://twitter.com/twitterapi > Issues/Enhancements Tracker: https://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list > Change your membership to this group: > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/twitter-development-talk -- Twitter developer documentation and resources: https://dev.twitter.com/doc API updates via Twitter: https://twitter.com/twitterapi Issues/Enhancements Tracker: https://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list Change your membership to this group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/twitter-development-talk
