Joshua Schachter personal blog
The problems with url shorteners
URL shortening services have been around for a number of years . Their original purpose was to prevent cumbersome URLs from getting fragmented by broken email clients that felt the need to wrap everything to an 80 column screen. Addendum: They're useful in print , too. But it's 2009 now, and this problem no longer…
- Points
- 94
- HN comments
- 56
- Submissions
- 1
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- 4 commenters
Web & FrontendNetworking & Internet2009
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2009 | The problems with url shorteners by joshu | 94 | 56 |
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