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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT_N5zzO32c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT_N5zzO32c FTFY
by idm 15y ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT_N5zzO32c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT_N5zzO32c
FTFY
- T_S_ 15y agoThanks. I was going to tweet the link so I shortened it. Is shortening deprecated on HN?
- idm 15y agoNot deprecated, but frowned upon. Youtube has more stable URIs than any link shortener, but by using an intermediary, there are now two opportunities for the link to die. If YouTube changes the URI, the shortened link will no longer work, and if the shortener goes out of business, again the link will no longer work. Moral of the story: just use the URI for the actual resource. Shortening amounts to obfuscation and brittle-ness, and most HNers are opposed to their use in the comments section.