> at that point you're just sending the text itself over the wire in a convoluted way without much space savings Yes, in fact, with the solution linked, it's a

> at that point you're just sending the text itself over the wire in a convoluted way without much space savings Yes, in fact, with the solution linked, it's an increase in space requirements! In my experience, even with a traditional pastebin, the problem isn't being able to get the data over the wire -- it's formatting it. Also, this service opens up the possibility of (ab)using link shorteners for storage.