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I value my readers too much to shroud URLs that I invite them to click. URL shorteners are false economy.
by masonic 8y ago
I value my readers too much to shroud URLs that I invite them to click.
URL shorteners are false economy.
- veddox 8y agoIf you're talking about clickable URLs, I agree with you. But shortened URLs are incredibly useful in non-clickable environments such as posters, where you need a memorable address. (Example: My department recently organized a scientific conference. The info®istration page was hidden six layers deep on the university website, but we still needed to put the link to it on the advertising poster. In that scenario, a shortened URL (with a QR code) was a sensible solution.)
- masonic 8y agoIf a QR code was used, why would the text length even be relevant? I don't click on shrouded URLs, myself. Period.