Not to mention you can replace "bit.ly" with "j.mp" and get the same thing. This has mattered for me in the past when I found myself in environments which restricted all .LY domains (Libyan registrar, etc.).
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:32 PM, Scott Elcomb <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 7:45 AM, Rich Kulawiec <[email protected]> wrote: >> BTW, speaking of odd-seeming links: no URL-shorteners. >> There are zero legitimate uses for them, they're overrun with >> abuse thanks to the profound incompetence and systemic negligence >> of their operators, and there is evidence that some of them are >> *run* by abusers. > > For the most part, I agrree though I don't mind bit.ly urls. Anyone > can simply append a + onto the end of any bit.ly link to get a summary > page / preview before following the link. > > -- > Scott Elcomb > @psema4 on Twitter / Identi.ca / Github & more > > Atomic OS: Self Contained Microsystems > http://code.google.com/p/atomos/ > > Member of the Pirate Party of Canada > http://www.pirateparty.ca/ > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
