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Regardless of how ridiculous the response was (and it was ridiculous!), there's a bigger/more interesting issue at hand: should twitter automatically convert "G

Regardless of how ridiculous the response was (and it was ridiculous!), there's a bigger/more interesting issue at hand: should twitter automatically convert "G-20.In" into a URL? Even if no such domain exists at the time the tweet was created? Surely there's a grey area between "definitely looks like a valid URL" and "definitely isn't" where confirmation should be required from the user. Or similar action taken.

sorokod 8y ago
Well, they do gently amend user's input and it turns out there are consequences to this harmless looking manipulation. I don't think that the existence of domain is relevant. It may exist and deliver content that is unacceptable to the tweeter.