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This would not be a problem if websites themselves provided shortened URLs for all paths within their domain name: foo.com/2018/03/31/the-title-of-an-article
by hliyan 9y ago
This would not be a problem if websites themselves provided shortened URLs for all paths within their domain name:
foo.com/2018/03/31/the-title-of-an-article => foo.com/a3ef33
- frou_dh 9y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16722817 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16722817 https://news.ycombinator.com/b00b00 https://news.ycombinator.com/b00b00 not very short
- dosshell 9y agoI do not understand. Please say what you mean in your message instead of just dropping some urls:s. For example now, your url:s goes to this submission and an unknown (!?). If you had written what you meant at least I could understand your point.
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- mintplant 9y agoThey are examples of a long "short URL" following your specification. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16722817 might shorten to https://news.ycombinator.com/b00b00 which is not very short given the length of the hostname.