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There are way way too many of these sites and frankly even just having one breaks the web. Look at this list of dead shorteners: http://archiveteam.org/index.p
by MrRadar 11y ago
There are way way too many of these sites and frankly even just having one breaks the web. Look at this list of dead shorteners: http://archiveteam.org/index.php?title=URLTeam#Dead_or_Broken http://archiveteam.org/index.php?title=URLTeam#Dead_or_Broke... Imagine how many hyperlinks each takes with them when it dies and how many pages reference those links. Just stop it!
- panglott 11y agoIt wouldn't be quite so bad if there was a good one run by a non-profit or open foundation.
- hobarrera 11y agoI'd never thought of this, but it's true and extremely harmful to the internet as a whole.
- adultSwim 11y agoFor just the opposite of these, check out Handle (handle.net) It's a pay service to provide archival/permanent links. It's intended to help with URLs changing over time.