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I did that for a while with a short domain I used to own (urlb.at). Then ended up regretting it and shutting it down. I eventually decided that URL shorteners

by ourcat 6y ago

I did that for a while with a short domain I used to own (urlb.at). Then ended up regretting it and shutting it down. I eventually decided that URL shorteners were a terrible idea for the web and that I wanted the 'actual' URLs out there.

CarelessExpert 6y ago
> Then ended up regretting it and shutting it down. Care to elaborate?
- loceng 6y ago
  I assume because it creates/introduces an arguably unnecessary point of potential future failure.
  - duskwuff 6y ago
    Also possibly because URL shorteners are frequently abused, e.g. to obfuscate links in spam. Operating one responsibly is a considerable amount of work.