Re:The problems with url shorteners
by branden on Friday April 03, 2009 @08:44PM
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Really, it makes that problem worse. I've had it burned into my brain what a shortened URL looks like - short domain, short hash - so I can immediately recognize one and be suspicious of it. But looking at http://tinyurl.com/Do-Tiny-URLs-Suck, I may just click without realizing what it actually is.
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