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i agree with you, but how many of those unshortened links do you think will exist 10 years from now? i think the web is like a brain in which memory is active,

i agree with you, but how many of those unshortened links do you think will exist 10 years from now? i think the web is like a brain in which memory is active, not static. it`s just a bit too young for that to be obvious.

drv 16y ago
At least the unshortened links have a chance of being scraped by things like archive.org; I wonder if it scrapes anything meaningful from the popular URL shorteners.
- bigfudge 16y ago
  Actually, scraping only links from shorteners would be a a good strategy form preserving what is worth preserving.
  - mahmud 16y ago
    Like what? Junk with referral IDs?
fletchowns 16y ago
I don't know about the rest of you but there are plenty of links in my bookmarks that are probably more than 10 years old that are still active.
- Semiapies 16y ago
  And many, many, many more links you've clicked on in the last ten years that lead to 404s right now.