To summarize: bit.ly shouldn't attempt to shorten links that are shorter than the URL it will generate. However in this case the error is actually in Tweet De

To summarize: bit.ly shouldn't attempt to shorten links that are shorter than the URL it will generate. However in this case the error is actually in Tweet Deck. The bit.ly API can't reject short(er) urls sent to it in case you really do just want to wrap an existing short link in analytics - systems trying to read your mind and getting it wrong with no way to correct it are amazingly annoying. So, the bit.ly API working as intended. I can't even believe that the Tweet Deck bug is malicious as URLs that are shorter than a bit.ly link are rare, and certainly not common enough to be worth complicating the UI for. There's already an 'undo shortening' button after all.