Looks like they changed it back already?
Yeah, I'm not really familiar with bitly, but I tried it to see what it was all about and I just had to paste the link and hit enter...
Bitly Goes Beyond Link Shortening, But Users Not Amused
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#12I use bitly for links in tweets because I like to gauge the relevance and usefulness of the tweet by seeing how many people followed the link. The new Bitly interface is cumbersome and it's no longer easy to read the "statistics" report. I'd like some suggestions for alternative services.
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#13So people are threatening to leave a free service because they're looking for ways to make it sustainable?
If by "make it sustainable" you mean completely break the interface. It wasn't necessary to obscure and make annoying the interface in order to implement the features they are.
But what the hell do I know, I'm just a "vocal minority" :|
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#14> "It's the response from the vocal minority who are quick to complain about any change." Who else will complain about bad changes, if not the "vocal minority"? When was the last time somebody appealed to the alleged wisdom of the "silent majority" to support anything worth supporting? Nixon? Falwell? Internet services rely greatly on word of mouth. You need vocal advocates to spread the word. If you alienate your mo…
> When was the last time somebody appealed to the alleged wisdom of the "silent majority" to support anything worth supporting? Nixon? Falwell?
Everyone claims that the silent majority supports their position. See Occupy for a recent example.
Suggesting that everyone is wrong seems a bit strong.
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#15> "It's the response from the vocal minority who are quick to complain about any change." Who else will complain about bad changes, if not the "vocal minority"? When was the last time somebody appealed to the alleged wisdom of the "silent majority" to support anything worth supporting? Nixon? Falwell? Internet services rely greatly on word of mouth. You need vocal advocates to spread the word. If you alienate your mo…
> When was the last time somebody appealed to the alleged wisdom of the "silent majority" to support anything worth supporting? Nixon? Falwell? Everyone claims that the silent majority supports their position. See Occupy for a recent example. Suggesting that everyone is wrong seems a bit strong.
Remember the 90-9-1 rule, most of your users are likely to be "lurkers". I'd class a website differently than a political movement..
Re: Bitly Goes Beyond Link Shortening, But Users Not Amused
#16Ye gods! My eyes! My eyes!
Can anybody tell me how to freaking look at the stats for any one link? All I want is to copy text, copy link, then come back and see if anybody clicked on it. That's all I want.
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#17Ye gods! My eyes! My eyes! Can anybody tell me how to freaking look at the stats for any one link? All I want is to copy text, copy link, then come back and see if anybody clicked on it. That's all I want.
Just add a "+" to the end of it. For example, http://tcrn.ch/L265mw+
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#18I'll bet she was thinking of the data mining and analysis possibilities opened up by allowing users to input information in the form of "notes". Of course, that's just a guess.
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#20Ye gods! My eyes! My eyes! Can anybody tell me how to freaking look at the stats for any one link? All I want is to copy text, copy link, then come back and see if anybody clicked on it. That's all I want.
Click on the "i" icon for each link.
