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Originally posted by Marinkatomb😕
Am i missing something here? I keep seeing people posting links with 'tinyurl' as par of the link. What's that all about?
Maybe you should visit
www.tinyurl/howtomakeitsmaller/shortening/makingiteasierforyou/%£$£?/krypton/abbreviation/whyitworks.com
where all will be explained.
If that doesn't work for you then you are just not meant to know.
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Originally posted by MarinkatombIf you use FireFox you can get the tinyurl creator extension - makes things dead simple.
Am i missing something here? I keep seeing people posting links with 'tinyurl' as par of the link. What's that all about?
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/126/
Basically, it shortens the url so it fits easily into forums and IMs etc.
eg, that address[?] above would be changed from www.tinyurl/howtomakeitsmaller/shortening/makingiteasierforyou/%£$£?/krypton/abbreviation/whyitworks.com
to
http://tinyurl.com/y6sv9d
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Personally I hate it when people use tinyurl on public msg boards.
It is too easy to hide "bad" links, ie: content I DO NOT want to pull up.
IE: I could say, "Bobby Fischer announces that he is going to play against a WGM" and give a tinyurl link. That link could actually link to tubgirl or goatse.cx and I would have no idea until I had clicked on it.
Am I the only one that looks at the links and judges their worth prior to clicking?
Originally posted by tmetzlerJust because something can be used improperly doesn't mean it's a bad thing. If that happens, just warn a moderator.
Personally I hate it when people use tinyurl on public msg boards.
It is too easy to hide "bad" links, ie: content I DO NOT want to pull up.
IE: I could say, "Bobby Fischer announces that he is going to play against a WGM" and give a tinyurl link. That link could actually link to tubgirl or goatse.cx and I would have no idea until I had clicked on it.
Am I the only one that looks at the links and judges their worth prior to clicking?
I use it often exactly for the purpose of hiding the url name. Sometimes a joke is ruined if people can see the name of the file beforehand.
Originally posted by tmetzlerI would assume anyone who did that would be immediately banned.
Personally I hate it when people use tinyurl on public msg boards.
It is too easy to hide "bad" links, ie: content I DO NOT want to pull up.
IE: I could say, "Bobby Fischer announces that he is going to play against a WGM" and give a tinyurl link. That link could actually link to tubgirl or goatse.cx and I would have no idea until I had clicked on it.
Am I the only one that looks at the links and judges their worth prior to clicking?
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Originally posted by PalynkaPersonally, I admire their technology it is a terrific idea.
Just because something can be used improperly doesn't mean it's a bad thing. If that happens, just warn a moderator.
I use it often exactly for the purpose of hiding the url name. Sometimes a joke is ruined if people can see the name of the file beforehand.
I've just seen it abused too many times on msg boards, and I just like being able to see the actual url before clicking. But to each his own. As a result, I hardly ever click on a tinyurl link.
Originally posted by tmetzlerEven if you can see the original url there's no guarantee of what it contains anyway.
Personally, I admire their technology it is a terrific idea.
I've just seen it abused too many times on msg boards, and I just like being able to see the actual url before clicking. But to each his own. As a result, I hardly ever click on a tinyurl link.
Originally posted by Dr StrangeloveThank you! An answer. 😀
If you use FireFox you can get the tinyurl creator extension - makes things dead simple.
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/126/
Basically, it shortens the url so it fits easily into forums and IMs etc.
eg, that address[?] above would be changed from www.tinyurl/howtomakeitsmaller/shortening/makingiteasierforyou/%£$£?/krypton/abbreviation/whyitworks.com
to
http://tinyurl.com/y6sv9d