TinyURL’s are STUPID
Posted on August 1st, 2007 in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
If you’re tech-savvy, you’ve most likely been inundated lately with the barrage of web links created by users of TinyURL.com. TinyURL.com is a service that offers a unique id following their domain name (ex: http://tinyurl.com/32ndwt) This supposedly makes it easier than typing in permalinks such as (http://www.jdbaluch.com/2007/08/01/tinyurls-are-stupid/). While the size of the URL is cut down substantially, all context in the URL is lost and in an age of spyware and deception, I have no desire to click on a link that merely redirects me somewhere else. If the sender of the URL formats the link correctly from the get-go, there won’t be any problems with opening the link on the receiving end. TinyURL’s are stupid — and that’s my take on it.
