It looks like the stats on all my older links (everything before April) have disappeared? If so, disappointing.
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Bitly Goes Beyond Link Shortening, But Users Not Amused
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Re: Bitly Goes Beyond Link Shortening, But Users Not Amused
#221.) Screw link shorteners. When they go bankrupt, which they do frequently, they leave behind millions of completely useless URLs.
2.) Antagonizing your userbase seems like an unwise move in a market where changing providers is so trivially easy. (What's the difference between a bit.ly link and a t.co one?)
Re: Bitly Goes Beyond Link Shortening, But Users Not Amused
#23I use bit.ly for shorting links and tracking stats just like the article mentions. It used to work great for that. Paste a link, :boom: it's shortened, and I can press a button to copy. The only thing that would make it better is if I didn't have to click copy afterwards. Now, I have to click "add bitmark" (and figure out what the heck that is), paste the link, add an optional note, click save, then click copy before…
With delicious being totally dead, I think it is worth having at a new bookmarking service (haven't checked this yet myself).
Re: Bitly Goes Beyond Link Shortening, But Users Not Amused
#24I use bit.ly for shorting links and tracking stats just like the article mentions. It used to work great for that. Paste a link, :boom: it's shortened, and I can press a button to copy. The only thing that would make it better is if I didn't have to click copy afterwards. Now, I have to click "add bitmark" (and figure out what the heck that is), paste the link, add an optional note, click save, then click copy before…
With delicious being totally dead, I think it is worth having at a new bookmarking service (haven't checked this yet myself).
Delicious isn't completely dead it's owned by the guys who started YouTube and turned into something of a pinterest clone (which is kind of where bookmarking has gone)
Re: Bitly Goes Beyond Link Shortening, But Users Not Amused
#25Bitly is dead, long live goo.gl. +1 for Google.
Re: Bitly Goes Beyond Link Shortening, But Users Not Amused
#26Here's a question for the HN crowd. When you do a redesign, how do you know whether it'll play out like the FB newsfeed (1 out of 8 million users joined a protest group, ultimately one of the best features of the site) or the Digg v4 redesign (users complained, then left).
It's not that hard:
- Put yourself in the user's shoes
- Ask yourself whether your design is consistent with what we know about social science
If you do those two things you'll get it right 99% of the time.
Re: Bitly Goes Beyond Link Shortening, But Users Not Amused
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
With delicious being totally dead, I think it is worth having at a new bookmarking service (haven't checked this yet myself).
Delicious isn't completely dead it's owned by the guys who started YouTube and turned into something of a pinterest clone (which is kind of where bookmarking has gone)
The original delicious is completely dead for sure.
Re: Bitly Goes Beyond Link Shortening, But Users Not Amused
#28Here's a question for the HN crowd. When you do a redesign, how do you know whether it'll play out like the FB newsfeed (1 out of 8 million users joined a protest group, ultimately one of the best features of the site) or the Digg v4 redesign (users complained, then left).
First you need to understand how your users use your existing site. Bit.ly, for example, didn't do that - to assume that someone who plugs in a string of text to get a shorter one would be interested in a social overlay on top of that is retarded. That's similar to turning a photo blogging site into an e-com poster outlet. Sure there's an overlap, but the change is effectively a gamble.
Re: Bitly Goes Beyond Link Shortening, But Users Not Amused
#291.) Screw link shorteners. When they go bankrupt, which they do frequently, they leave behind millions of completely useless URLs. 2.) Antagonizing your userbase seems like an unwise move in a market where changing providers is so trivially easy. (What's the difference between a bit.ly link and a t.co one?)
Do elaborate on the frequently part.
Re: Bitly Goes Beyond Link Shortening, But Users Not Amused
#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
With delicious being totally dead, I think it is worth having at a new bookmarking service (haven't checked this yet myself).
Delicious isn't completely dead it's owned by the guys who started YouTube and turned into something of a pinterest clone (which is kind of where bookmarking has gone)
Yeah, I still use it. After all, I have many years of bookmarks in there. I'm happy to see it emerging from stasis now that Yahoo has set it free.