Short URLs: Why and How

Re:Short URLs: Why and How by blenderdt on Monday May 09, 2022 @01:52AM (#31311059)

The "They’re enough" is ofcourse a little silly. Yes there are thousands of combinations if your short url contains any character. But his example is about words and that will leave you with less combinations.

But I like the essence of the post.

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Re:Short URLs: Why and How by oneeyedpigeon on Monday May 09, 2022 @04:25AM (#31311788)

Exactly. Unless your blog is incredibly broad, you're probably writing about the same subject more than once. What is the author going to do when they write about short urls next time? /su2?

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Re:Short URLs: Why and How by tibet_13 on Monday May 09, 2022 @10:08AM (#31314168)

I don't see any problem with /su2. Or /su3.

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Re:Short URLs: Why and How by blenderdt on Monday May 09, 2022 @05:17AM (#31312082)

On the other hand: limitations stimulate creativity.

You will get more creative in choosing titles.

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Re:Short URLs: Why and How by oneeyedpigeon on Monday May 09, 2022 @05:22AM (#31312106)

I think I'd prefer it if you were creative with the content of your posts rather than your urls :) I mean, if you think there's no value in the content of the url whatsoever, then just start at /1 and work upwards...

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