Briefly OT:
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Originally Posted by Steven Lake
...(I don't see what's wrong with using short URL's honestly, but hey, if that's what they want, I'm fine with it)...
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Most likely as a guard against unscrupulous types disguising spammy or malicious links. Easiest to have a single rule for all, trusted and unknown users alike - no links where you can't see where the link goes, either from the visible link text or by mousing over the link.