Because someone else passed on a link that Digg shortened in a conversation I'm participating in on some level. People use all sorts of URL shorteners, if I wa

Because someone else passed on a link that Digg shortened in a conversation I'm participating in on some level. People use all sorts of URL shorteners, if I want to see the content they're talking about, my choices are either to click or ask them to shorten it again. And the latter usually interrupts the flow of conversation.