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I really dislike these abbreviated URL services. I prefer a moderately sized and human readable one. I always type URLs into my address bar, also.
by brfox 18y ago
I really dislike these abbreviated URL services. I prefer a moderately sized and human readable one. I always type URLs into my address bar, also.
- jasonkester 18y agoI'm with you. Recently I've seen people Twittering about Twiddla with tinyurl'd links that are actually longer than the domain name. It's just silly. I think that SEO is really making things worse for URLs. Remember 4 years ago, when "The URL was the New Command Line"? And it was considered a feature that you could look at a URL like http://site.com/user/3916 http://site.com/user/3916 and hack it to get similar pages for other users? Can't do that with http://yoursite.com/this_was_an_article_that_i_wrote http://yoursite.com/this_was_an_article_that_i_wrote. Seems like a step backwards.
- AlexeyMK 18y agoAs long as that's your stated preference, can I interest you in http://look.fo/hacker-news http://look.fo/hacker-news or http://str8.to/hacker-news http://str8.to/hacker-news I built these a while back but they haven't seemed to pick up traction. str8.to uses google's "i'm feeling lucky" - vanity urls without having to go register them.