Comments on: Stop using TinyURL http://fukamachi.org/wp/2008/04/08/stop-using-tinyurl/ 「偶然世界」で出逢い Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:49:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Sho Fukamachi Online » Blog Archive » Twitter phishing using TinyURL http://fukamachi.org/wp/2008/04/08/stop-using-tinyurl/comment-page-1/#comment-24992 Sho Fukamachi Online » Blog Archive » Twitter phishing using TinyURL Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:36:24 +0000 http://fukamachi.org/wp/?p=737#comment-24992 [...] April, 2008 I posted about how TinyURL is a very bad idea. One of my reasons for it being a bad idea: If you don’t give the proper URL, I can’t [...] [...] April, 2008 I posted about how TinyURL is a very bad idea. One of my reasons for it being a bad idea: If you don’t give the proper URL, I can’t [...]

]]> By: Wincent Colaiuta http://fukamachi.org/wp/2008/04/08/stop-using-tinyurl/comment-page-1/#comment-20959 Wincent Colaiuta Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:30:01 +0000 http://fukamachi.org/wp/?p=737#comment-20959 I think one of the key causes, believe it or not, is Twitter and it's 140-character limit. Twitter is popular, and even goes so far as to automatically convert long URLs into tinyurl quivalents. And people have gotten into the habit of using it. But I share your dislike of tinyurl; I like to mouse-over the link and see where it will take me. I think one of the key causes, believe it or not, is Twitter and it’s 140-character limit. Twitter is popular, and even goes so far as to automatically convert long URLs into tinyurl quivalents. And people have gotten into the habit of using it.

But I share your dislike of tinyurl; I like to mouse-over the link and see where it will take me.

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