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Didn't see it mentioned already, but <username>.bit.ly redirects to bit.ly/user/recent/<username>. So "pplante.bit.ly" redirects to "bit.ly/user/recent/pplante
by pplante 17y ago
Didn't see it mentioned already, but <username>.bit.ly redirects to bit.ly/user/recent/<username>. So "pplante.bit.ly" redirects to "bit.ly/user/recent/pplante" which contains the list of my recent shortenings.
This must be an undocumented feature to allow user accounts to brand their links if desired, since it redirects to the account's recent list. I am curious if many twitter clients would properly recognize "<user>.bit.ly/xyz" as a shortened url and try to expand it via the API, my guess is a few out there might see this as a long url and try shortening it again. What a unforeseen mess that would cause.
- mayanks 17y agotwitterfox that I use as my twitter client does not recognize "<user>.bit.ly/xyz". If it is an undocumented feature, it is susceptible to link hijacking. I can take a url shortened by you (pplante) and brand it as my own mayank.bit.ly/xyz. That will not be cool...