Re: Tweet This: I Don't Care

[Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>]

Gadi to Rob Slade to me:

> > > Seriously though -- isn't it hideous not even being able to enter a
> > > decent URL?
> >
> > Yeah, but TinyURL stock is going through the roof ...
>
> The statement above shows he simply has no understanding ow how twitter 
> works.
>
> On twitter, you enter a URL and it is automagically converted to a small 
> url of some kind.

And that was exactly my point.

Maybe I should have said "use" rather than "enter" but either way someone 
will misunderstand...

If your content contains a URL (likely), you have little to no control 
over a rather important aspect of how that content will actually appear.

Further, widespread use of such URL-shortening services is very short-
sighted, but encouraging or even blindly training a generation of tinyurl 
click monkeys sounds like "job security" to me...

Maybe that's why you're so keen on it?    8-)


Regards,

Nick FitzGerald


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