Re:Tell HN: How to ban url shorteners from linking to your site
by ubernostrum on Tuesday July 21, 2009 @05:37AM
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You compared the use of shortened URLs to spraying poison out of a firehose. Can't quite put my finger on it, but yeah, I think that's a bit unreasonable.
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Re:Tell HN: How to ban url shorteners from linking to your site
by calambrac on Wednesday July 29, 2009 @09:09AM
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You do know that they did actually used to spray DDT out of a firehose, right? That that wasn't just some random bullshit I made up on the spot, it's actually a case where we did wrong by taking something that's okay in moderation and trying to use it in large quantities? Do I really think url shorteners are as bad as spraying poison out of a firehose? No, but it was a fucking analogy.