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They might be unnecessary in this case but not always. For example I used to work with elearning materials which did outbound linking to other materials, which
by pacifika 8y ago
They might be unnecessary in this case but not always. For example I used to work with elearning materials which did outbound linking to other materials, which might change, or be on services not under our control. Being able to manage the link endpoint without having to republish the materials is a big win for time/effort and sometimes is just not possible.
- zrobotics 8y agoAs an end-user of similar types of materials: no, I will emphatically state that using a link shortener makes the material worse. If you don't update the link and it points to a broken page, at least the URL normally has enough information for me to Google the underlying material. A shortened link loses all of that context.