Deja Q
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Sat Sep-26-09 10:53 PM
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FYI about 'tinyurl'. Please don't use tinyurl links. |
Lex
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Sat Sep-26-09 10:55 PM
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1. Long as hell links suck too. |
Deja Q
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Sat Sep-26-09 11:11 PM
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4. The internet sucks too. Let's all stop using it. It'll be green for the planet... |
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But I'll let others stop using it first. Preferably the ones who say "global warming is killing us!!!!!!!11!!!!!!!!!!11111!!1112" as they would finally be doing something constructive... (it's not much different than people who hate government getting elected to a government position, trashing the place, and then saying how government can't do anything right. If they hate government, why do they bother getting in and why do these sleazeball's constituents believe the tripe to begin with?)
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Sat Sep-26-09 11:28 PM
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5. No, the internet doesn't suck. |
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At least it's pretty good for me anyway.
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Sun Sep-27-09 12:51 AM
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8. Were not talking porn here are we |
Lex
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Sun Sep-27-09 12:03 PM
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13. no, how did you make that leap? |
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Mon Sep-28-09 05:19 AM
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14. Should have usedthe sarcasim icon - joking |
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Sat Sep-26-09 11:05 PM
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2. (shrug) The very nature of twitter makes some link-shortening service virtually mandatory... |
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And even some forum sites (DU, for example) choke on long urls.
None of those potential issues with tinyurl are new.
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Deja Q
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Sat Sep-26-09 11:09 PM
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3. True. I just hope the author of that article is wrong and nothing happens with the service, |
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which BTW does add an extra layer of detail and as such opens up another potential opportunity for malware - should tinyurl's host site become infected with malware.
I've seen URLs on DU (and other forums, I don't live here) get choked. I usually then tell people what to go google if they care and/or find an alternate site that has the same news article. They're common too.
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Sun Sep-27-09 01:10 AM
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9. TinyUrl has been around for 7 years |
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If the site were to succomb to Malware it would have done so by now.
While I agree, I'm not fond of URL shorteners when posting links on a message board, as was stated above, such services are vital when using micro-bloggers like Twitter.
As was also stated, don't click strange links.
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Sat Sep-26-09 11:37 PM
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6. One of the comments says it all. |
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"Hey I have an idea, just don't click the damn link if it's from someone you don't trust."
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Sun Sep-27-09 11:02 AM
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10. What a whiner...if you don't trust the source, don't click on them |
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Sun Sep-27-09 11:55 AM
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11. FYI about OPs with no info. People hate them. Please don't post OPs with no info. |
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Sun Sep-27-09 11:58 AM
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12. Only click links from trusted sources. Yeah, sites change and disappear |
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all the time. It won't matter if you use tinyURL or not.
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