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This doesn't just bug me for URLs that are shorter than the t.co URL, but also when I'm posting a link to a website and I want people to see the full URL. e.g.

by jarin 15y ago

This doesn't just bug me for URLs that are shorter than the t.co URL, but also when I'm posting a link to a website and I want people to see the full URL. e.g. It is often sufficiently descriptive to tweet "This is a great site: http://actionfiguresridingkittens.tumbly.mil http://actionfiguresridingkittens.tumbly.mil

ceejayoz 15y ago
Twitter has implemented a decent solution for that, which most clients (including the website) respect - it includes a display_url parameter along with the shortened URL in tweets fetched via the API.
- v21 15y ago
  But the displayed URL is truncated with an ellipsis at the end. The OPs URL is likely long enough to trigger that. Sometimes a long URL is all you want to share, but that is now impossible to do. A tweet saying "http://hotchickswithstubbedtoesmakingsexfaces.com/ http://hotchickswithstubbedtoesmakingsexfaces.com/ exists" is a decent tweet, but a tweet saying "http://hotchickswit.. http://hotchickswit... exists" isn't as good. And sure, you can mouseover to see the full link, but that's balls.
Auguste 15y ago
"It is often sufficiently descriptive to tweet "This is a great site: http://actionfiguresridingkittens.tumbly.mil http://actionfiguresridingkittens.tumbly.mil You disappointed me when I clicked that link and found it didn't exist.
mmahemoff 15y ago
There's no preview for this, so you find out too late. I think a proper short URL looks neater too: "http://t.co/x812ks1 http://t.co/x812ks1 A site about action figures" "http://action.figures.com/rid.. http://action.figures.com/rid... A site about action figures" The short URL may not look pretty, but at least regular Twitter users will quickly learn to process it as "some URL". The longer abbreviated one breaks that convention and by including some actual meaning, it gets in the way.
frankdenbow 15y ago
Agreed. I find short urls to be irritating when I want to share a link. REST makes it so links can be descriptive without visiting the link. I remember sending a link to a friend by DM and having them think it was spam since Twitter shortened it.

by jarin 15y ago

ceejayoz 15y ago

Twitter has implemented a decent solution for that, which most clients (including the website) respect - it includes a display_url parameter along with the shortened URL in tweets fetched via the API.

v21 15y ago
But the displayed URL is truncated with an ellipsis at the end. The OPs URL is likely long enough to trigger that. Sometimes a long URL is all you want to share, but that is now impossible to do. A tweet saying "http://hotchickswithstubbedtoesmakingsexfaces.com/ http://hotchickswithstubbedtoesmakingsexfaces.com/ exists" is a decent tweet, but a tweet saying "http://hotchickswit.. http://hotchickswit... exists" isn't as good. And sure, you can mouseover to see the full link, but that's balls.

Auguste 15y ago

"It is often sufficiently descriptive to tweet "This is a great site: http://actionfiguresridingkittens.tumbly.mil http://actionfiguresridingkittens.tumbly.mil You disappointed me when I clicked that link and found it didn't exist.

mmahemoff 15y ago

There's no preview for this, so you find out too late. I think a proper short URL looks neater too: "http://t.co/x812ks1 http://t.co/x812ks1 A site about action figures" "http://action.figures.com/rid.. http://action.figures.com/rid... A site about action figures" The short URL may not look pretty, but at least regular Twitter users will quickly learn to process it as "some URL". The longer abbreviated one breaks that convention and by including some actual meaning, it gets in the way.

frankdenbow 15y ago

Agreed. I find short urls to be irritating when I want to share a link. REST makes it so links can be descriptive without visiting the link. I remember sending a link to a friend by DM and having them think it was spam since Twitter shortened it.