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True, but for example if I'm posting an article I wrote it's much more efficient to save space using my erclgrgn.us short link because it's usually ~20 chars wh
by barsonme 12y ago
True, but for example if I'm posting an article I wrote it's much more efficient to save space using my erclgrgn.us short link because it's usually ~20 chars which is less than half of what the full URL is.
Unfortunately, sometimes brevity is a necessity.
edit: original comment mentioned twitter, then I remembered twitter automatically reduces a URL's chars to 20 or so.
- ForHackernews 12y agoYeah, or websites could just allow actual links. I don't see why hackernews (and twitter, etc.) can't just render <a href="http://somereallylongdomain.com/stupidlylongpath/?what=thisisgettingridiculous">I'm http://somereallylongdomain.com/stupidlylongpath/?what=thisi... short!</a>
- maxerickson 12y agoBecause of griefer trolls. Forcing links to show the destination is basically 0 effort on the system side and pretty much completely undermines them. (that only answers the HN part, I'm guessing that is much of the reasoning, I don't know it for a fact)