Bit.ly is Harmful to Your Reputation
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Bit.ly is Harmful to Your Reputation
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#2What do you think happens when you click it and report a mistake? Do they check the link and remove the flag if the site is ok?
No, they don't. They told me to make a new bit.ly link and give it out to people, as if that would undo the damage that was done
Uhm. Reminds me of Yelp.
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#3What Twitter needs is to remove the 140 character limitation. Nobody uses SMS anymore, especially when the content contains URLs to non-mobile-friendly sites.
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#4What Twitter needs is to remove the 140 character limitation. Nobody uses SMS anymore, especially when the content contains URLs to non-mobile-friendly sites.
I think that would completely go against the concept of Twitter: short-form communication.
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#5That seems rather stupid. How is url-shortening a already url-shortened url a security threat?
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#6While the author has a right to be upset, her attitude toward the support staff — who likely have no control over the situation — is disgusting. ("Your apology is worthless", "Your refusal to check the link", etc. from the email conversation, and the ensuing comments on the blog post.)
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#7What Twitter needs is to remove the 140 character limitation. Nobody uses SMS anymore, especially when the content contains URLs to non-mobile-friendly sites.
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#8She forgot #3: Just use one of the whitelisted shorteners she mentioned further up in the article, e.g. goo.gl.
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#9While the author has a right to be upset, her attitude toward the support staff — who likely have no control over the situation — is disgusting. ("Your apology is worthless", "Your refusal to check the link", etc. from the email conversation, and the ensuing comments on the blog post.)
Seriously. I've found it's easier to make someone do something when you don't have your teeth clenched at first, looking to attack. If she approached that with a "Could you help me figure out..." or "I think you should probably fix..." attitude, instead of a "screw you" one, she probably would have received a similarly gracious response.
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#10That seems rather stupid. How is url-shortening a already url-shortened url a security threat?
Extra cloaking for malicious links? Bit.ly can't exactly check the original site to see if it's OK if it's hidden behind a funky redirection layer. I think that bit.ly was reasonable to have an interstitial, although maybe they should be more open about why and how to remove it.