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Re:How not to do URL redirects (… the way Quora does) by mkjones on Thursday January 19, 2012 @05:37PM (#3487196)
I don't think url shorteners really hurt referrers at all. They typically use 301 or 302 redirects, which preserve the original referrer.
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Re:How not to do URL redirects (… the way Quora does) by zerostar07 on Thursday January 19, 2012 @06:40PM (#3487491)
... however since twitter is under https, all of them end up being "t.co". And even if it wasn't https, a double redirect would lose the referrer
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