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From what I recall Twitter is planning on wrapping every single URL going through their system with t.co but include the youtu.be link in the status metadata wh
by abraham 16y ago
From what I recall Twitter is planning on wrapping every single URL going through their system with t.co but include the youtu.be link in the status metadata when applications pull from the API. The youtu.be URL will be displayed to users but will be sent to t.co first then redirected to youtu.be.
- jalada 16y agoThis is correct. Once clients adopt it (we do, at Twitterfall), this will in some ways improve how informative URLs are, as each tweet object will contain the actual URL the t.co link points to in the metadata, allowing clients to display that, essentially overcoming the 140 char limit. Of course, you are free to use your own ahortnener; the t.co link will redirect to shortened links too (adding another layer of redirection is a bit of a pain though)
- rradu 16y agoSeems so. TC has a post on how links appear with the new URL shortener - http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/12/tweet-button-urls/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/12/tweet-button-urls/
- relix 16y agoThat makes a lot of sense. Thanks for correcting me.