Current interwebs peeve

[rich_jacko]

I really don't like all these abbrieviated URLs that everyone seems to be using these days (bit.ly, tinyurl and so on). I'd much rather be able to tell what site I'm about to click on, thank you very much.

Is it just me?

Comments

[bonedancer.livejournal.com]

*hand-wobble of ambivalence* Meh. I think it's inevitable given the rise and rise of Twitter, either way.

[longhairedhippy.livejournal.com]

Abbreviated urls are useful when you're limited on how many characters you can post (e.g. twitter) but in a more free-format arena they're pretty redundant.

[delanthear.livejournal.com]

wow. Catch up dude :D

[grok-mctanys.livejournal.com]

No, it's not just you. URL shortening sucks and breaks the web.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL_shortening#Criticism_and_problems
http://joshua.schachter.org/2009/04/on-url-shorteners.html
http://unweary.com/2009/04/the-security-implications-of-url-shortening-services.html

[grok-mctanys.livejournal.com]

Actually, I should have said "...and makes Tim Berners-Lee cry" :-)