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minus-squareXNX@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 day agoOr just don’t shorten links? Shortening them just makes linkrot much more likely and also obfuscates where theyre going
minus-squareNursery2787@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 hours agoTheir original purpose was when twitter had limits on how many characters you could use no?
minus-squareXNX@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 hours agoYeah but that’s not a thing anymore so we should stop using them
Or just don’t shorten links? Shortening them just makes linkrot much more likely and also obfuscates where theyre going
Their original purpose was when twitter had limits on how many characters you could use no?
Yeah but that’s not a thing anymore so we should stop using them