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Old 01-05-2016, 01:37 PM   #16
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I suggest everyone reading this go to the blog post and comment to dump the tinyurl URLs.
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Old 01-05-2016, 01:42 PM   #17
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I suggest everyone reading this go to the blog post and comment to dump the tinyurl URLs.
That's part of his schtick, to make the URLs easy to remember.
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Old 01-05-2016, 01:52 PM   #18
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That's part of his schtick, to make the URLs easy to remember.
But it means a lot of people who might have used his link won't because of the tinyurls used. I don't click on such and I will always ask for a proper URL when I can.
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Old 01-05-2016, 02:03 PM   #19
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What's wrong with clicking on a tiny url? If you trust the source why would it matter?
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Old 01-05-2016, 02:24 PM   #20
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What's wrong with clicking on a tiny url? If you trust the source why would it matter?
You might trust the source, but can you trust that the site won't be hacked and those links redirected somewhere else?
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Old 01-05-2016, 02:49 PM   #21
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What's wrong with clicking on a tiny url? If you trust the source why would it matter?
I don't know the source well enough to trust the links. Plus, if you get too complacent, you could just take it for granted and click dodgy tinyurl links.
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Old 01-05-2016, 02:55 PM   #22
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That's part of his schtick, to make the URLs easy to remember.
Tinyurl links are not all that memorable. So if that's his shtick, it's a big FAIL.
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Old 01-05-2016, 03:05 PM   #23
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You might trust the source, but can you trust that the site won't be hacked and those links redirected somewhere else?
I guess I'm too trusting, but I don't think that'd bother me. Just click out and move on.
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Old 01-05-2016, 09:12 PM   #24
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If there's any particular links you're curious about but don't like the TinyURL links, use this decoder to find the full link. If you're the first person to check it, you'll have to click again on the next page to have them request it. The message you'll get in that case is:

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We could not find this URL is our database. Either you are the first person who entered it, or this is a personal tracking URL. If you click "Find True URL", we will access this URL to discover its destination. If this URL is for tracking, your access will be counted. No content will be downloaded to your computer, so you will still be safe from worms and Trojans.
For example, the very first link on that page decodes to http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/digital-text

I agree on not following TinyURL links, but I usually decode them and follow the real link. That site works for a lot of other link shorteners as well.
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