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URLs don't admit abbreviations. "url shorteners" are page redirects.

• adrianmonk 5mo ago
  They are suggesting that a human used an abbreviation rather than making a typo.
  • catlikesshrimp 5mo ago
    "Using abbreviations" of URLs is pointing to *wrong* addresses. A phishing attempt can perfectly use this misconception. This is not even malpractice. I am not saying the user in question is malicious. I am sorry to repeat myself, but URLs don't admit abbreviations
    • stackghost 5mo ago
      Oh, so you admit to purposely playing dense by asking if it was a typo, to obliquely make a pedantic argument about phishing? I hate this fucking website sometimes.
      • insom 5mo ago
        Thanks for trying. I assumed that ia.ch was clearly shorthand for internetarchive.ch but maybe one can't assume anything.
        • Barbing 5mo ago
          Assumed same. Good point we shouldn’t abbreviate URLs in case they get typosquatted? Just raised in a very indirect fashion
    • Barbing 5mo ago
      Wait was that right in the sibling comment
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