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Out of curiosity why didn't you like the bit.ly link? I put in that format purely for convenience, readability.
by aresant 16y ago
Out of curiosity why didn't you like the bit.ly link? I put in that format purely for convenience, readability.
- india 16y agoBecause url shorteners break the web[1][2]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL_shortening#Criticism_and_problems http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL_shortening#Criticism_and_pr... [2] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1536662 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1536662
- tjpick 16y agoif by readability you mean obscurity. URL shortening breaks one of the best features of URLs: that the url exposes the location and name of the resource.