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Crippling the internet?

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LinkTrack (not verified)

October 26, 2009 - 2:45pm

Hi Matt - thanks for the writeup on the tr.im debacle. I'm not sure I agree with the comment that url shorteners are "crippling the infrastructure of the internet". I see a huge amount of value in one-time or short term use links where longevity is much less important than other factors like brevity or statistical tracking.

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