How do I register my domain as a URL shortener (like bit.ly or ow.ly) so that the links I post do not get shortened with a T.CO domain when I use intents?
I just looked through some old tweets and apparently even those URLs have been replaced with T.CO. When someone looks at my tweet stream they should see the domains I post, not T.CO. If I want to talk about a friend or partners site, they should see that URL, not T.CO. If I want to help promote a non- profit like the Red Cross, Oil Spill Relief, Joplin, Missouri Tornado Relief, etc., they should see their URLs not T.CO. There was a time when developers were really rooting for Twitter. Moves like this only benefit Twitter AND are detrimental to everyone else. Not only is changing links to past tweets bad for developers, but for marketers as well. Not to mention that it borders on being unethical. Can you imagine Google, Facebook, Yahoo, or Bing replacing URLs with their shorteners? Of course, they could do it, if they chose to, but they won't. I realize it's your company, you have a great product, and you can do what you want. But, Twitter's success came on the backs of many dedicated developers, who also have the choice of putting their time elsewhere. If only there were an open source microblogging solution. -- 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
