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Twitter is what TinyURL has been waiting -- literally -- years for. And they get their feet swept by a shorter domain and a couple extra features. Crazy.
by adamhowell 17y ago
Twitter is what TinyURL has been waiting -- literally -- years for. And they get their feet swept by a shorter domain and a couple extra features. Crazy.
- andrewbadera 17y agoSuch is disruption. TinyURL hasn't changed in years unfortunately. Total lack of innovation after they lucked into that first swipe of goodness.
- wmeredith 17y agoWhatever. URL shortening in and off itself is easy. TinyURL had nothing stolen from them. The only thing that mattered about bit.lky was those extra features.
- RyanMcGreal 17y agobit.lky I hope that spelling was intentional. :)
- ivankirigin 17y agoHave you ever heard how bitly works? It is really "over engineered" on purpose to be in a completely different category from other shorteners.
- akd 17y agowhere can I read about this architecture / overengineering?
- ivankirigin 17y agoI've only heard it from the horse's mouth. Their FAQ has a bit http://bit.ly/pages/faq/ http://bit.ly/pages/faq/