This is why tiny URLs are a solution to a problem the web doesn't have. Agreed, it solves little to nothing with the web. It is, however, helpful to Twitter a

This is why tiny URLs are a solution to a problem the web doesn't have. Agreed, it solves little to nothing with the web. It is, however, helpful to Twitter and the problem/limitation SMS has. To my mention earlier, URL shorteners are growing with Twitter's popularity, which is why all the fuss is here, methinks.