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Wasn't it already limited to github? It would be weird for them to create a general purpose link shortener.

• baisq 4y ago
  Honestly I have no idea. But if they were having issues with spam hosted on github.com, what problems does deactivating git.io solve? The spam still exists and it's hosted using their service. Just the link is a bit longer.
  • Sharlin 4y ago
    The short URL doesn't tell you where it's going to lead, so can be used to mislead people.
    • hiptobecubic 4y ago
      This is how all shorteners work, isn't it? Otherwise we just call them "links."
      • Sharlin 4y ago
        Yes, but it’s presumably why Github doesn’t want to maintain their own.
• shp0ngle 4y ago
  the issue seems to be that it included github pages, which can then redirect wherever.