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Aesthetics aside, one benefit of naked domains is that shorter URLs are better for sharing in chat programs. 'www.' takes up a nontrivial amount of space in cer
by dlubarov 11y ago
Aesthetics aside, one benefit of naked domains is that shorter URLs are better for sharing in chat programs. 'www.' takes up a nontrivial amount of space in certain environments (e.g., a gchat window within gmail).
- michaelmior 11y agoI'm not sure I understand why this creates any real issues.
- 0xCMP 11y agoI personally dislike it. It's annoying. Links can be long as it already.
- imron 11y agoHence the purpose of the redirect so links to the naked domain work just as well.
- dlubarov 11y agoBut most users will copy/paste whatever's in their URL bar, which will include www. if the site redirected them to it.