https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42085
--- Comment #8 from Ryan Kaldari <rkald...@wikimedia.org> 2012-11-14 00:15:35 UTC --- > This seems to mostly come down to Twitter, which already has a bazillion URL > shorteners floating around it, including its own (t.co). I can't fathom a > reason you would use a shortened URL in a blog post and it's exactly that kind > of mis-use that I worry about. Why would using a short URL in a blog post be a 'mis-use'? Is there something wrong with telling people URLs they can remember? Sending everyone to http://donate.wikimedia.org/ is an awful solution. The fundraisers would like to have more control over customization and A/B testing without having to create complicated software solutions involving referrer-sniffing, randomized bucketing, etc. A couple more use cases: URL sharing via the Mobile App, and file sharing from Commons. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list Wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
