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Re:Short URLs: Why and How by tethys on Monday May 09, 2022 @04:58AM (#31311966)
Besides the hierarchical information, a good slug can already tell you a lot about a page without the need to open it at all. I'd argue that

https://sive.rs/short-urls-why-and-how

would be much more valuable than

https://sive.rs/su

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Re:Short URLs: Why and How by jszymborski on Monday May 09, 2022 @12:30PM (#31316228)
I suppose a middle ground is something like https://siv.rs/short_urls

I do this on my own blog. e.g. a post titled "Mr. Robot Hides Data on Audio Disks, And So Can You! (Season 3 Spoilers)" has the URL https://jszym.com/blog/mr_robot_steganography/ and not the WordPress style https://jszym.com/blog/mr_robot_hides_data_audio_disks_so_ca...

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