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mtkd on Dec 3, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: http://to/ World's Shortest URL Shortener

The concern for me is that they disguise the original URL and if the shortner ever ceases to exist the context of a lot of microblogging posts will be lost for ever.

zaphar on Dec 4, 2009 [–]

who cares if the content is lost forever? It's ephemeral data anyway. The emphasis is real-time not all-time.

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