[liberationtech] Stanford Bitly Enterprise Account

Yosem Companys companys at stanford.edu
Fri Nov 16 07:45:55 PST 2012


So the best thing to do ideally would be just to use Twitter's t.co, which
occurs automatically, and not use any others?  But, if and only if space is
a premium, then use is.gd?

On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 6:43 AM, Nick Daly <nick.m.daly at gmail.com> wrote:

> Best I can tell, the only reason they're popular is because
> microblogging sites count links against your 140-character limit.
>
> Now, if only Twitter[0] used footnotes[1] and didn't count the URL
> against the message, they'd disappear.
>
> 0: https://twitter.com/
>
> 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Note_%28typography%29
>
> Now, if only Twitter (https://twitter.com/) used footnotes
> (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Note_%28typography%29) and didn't count
> the URL ag
>
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 8:18 AM, Nadim Kobeissi <nadim at nadim.cc> wrote:
> > Is there any benefit other than an aesthetic one? Centralizing all URLs
> > under a single authority and then obfuscating them doesn't sound like a
> > particularly great idea...
> >
> >
> > NK
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 03:14:35PM +0100, Alex Comninos wrote:
> >> > data retention and privacy implications compared to for example is.gd
> >> > or installing a URL shortner on Libtech's own servers?
> >>
> >> Earl shorteners are considered harmful. Don't use them.
> >>
> >> > implications of the .ly ccTLD being under Libyan jurisdiction?
> >> >
> >> > I would like to hear a little about these issues
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