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EDIT 2: Sorry I’m too much of a wimp to even happy-prank people
I tried buddy 😔
I guess there’s a pretty short lifespan on these links haha
Well, here it is https://youtu.be/Gu_hxO9iDi8
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We killed it!
Lemmy hug of death
What even is the point of URL shorteners? I always understood it as a Twitter thing, but I see them more outside of Twitter.
Easier to memorize/type, that’s about it.
Replaced by (unsafer) QR codes as of late and can still hide analytics.Easier to type when used on posters and other media where you can’t simply copypaste
I find it handy for writing down a URL on paper
Okay, grandpa.
JK
Paper may be old-fashioned but I need something light for the carrier pigeon
I’ve heard papyrus is a great medium.
Jokes aside, hand-writing and reading actually helps out the brain.
I think sometimes it gives people analytics on how many people click the link when the link is to something they themselves don’t control. But I’m not entirely sure if that’s a common service shorteners offer.
They also sometimes give you the ability to change what the link points to which is great if you send out a link only to realise it went to the wrong place after the fact.
aesthetics
When sharing links with people in places where there’s a character limit or to avoid polluting visuals.
Also, when sharing like orally or showing it to someone else when you have no other way to communicate it: ex, the link of a shared cloud file
Infuriatingly, URL shortners are often used in QR codes because they have a character limit-ish (longer strings make for more detailed QR codes, which are harder to scan from further away so it’s a trade-off). but if the QR points to a shortened link then it’s more difficult to assess where a QR code is pointing without blindly following the link.
My biggest bugbear relating to this is the lack of a short text alternative for QR codes, especially with long URLs.
If the URL is too long to fit into a QR code, then it’s also too long for me to type in manually!I think I like an alternative that uses full words instead of a string of no sense symbols and mixed case letters.
Something like what What 3 Words does but for short URLs. That would be easy to convey and type
That’s a very good idea.
Beside the number of permutations it gives, another benefit of using three words is they could form the border of the QR code, with the fourth side being the domain nameYessss
https://login.ic6do.com/Cvn6qa_video_player_update.pl
Definitely would not normally click
Here’s my creepy link: https://verify.ic6do.com/Y8kl04_system_optimizer
In Germany, we have https://fckaf.de/
Lol, they’re even offering emails? Thanks for sharing!
A very good service by DIE PARTEI
Of course it would be them. Love it. Thanks for the link!
Here’s the link to this very post: https://update.ic6do.com/PFUTPY_secure_login_page.scr
I totally believe this works, but there’s no way I’m clicking on any of those links
I expect most of them are Rickrolls.
Firefox is not playing around
My ISP, O₂CZ (who collaborates with an Israeli cybersecurity company to “protect” (and spy on) everyone with default DNS settings) also blocks this one
this got me rickrolled (after so long)
A similar one here: https://phishyurl.com/
Holy shit, they’re not messing around, and that’s with the “Normal” setting
Also love the alleged directory structure
Absolutely scary 😬 But link “shortener” may be the wrong name in this case
I don’t think it purports to be a shortener, just a susener
I gotta stop trying these out. The other day something to the tune of hot-singles.xxx autofilled in my phone browser the other day and I was so confused.
You only bang married couples or what?
Well, my wife and I are a married couple, so, yes?
Technically correct, the best kind of correct!
Yeah, I’ve never understood the URL shortener idea. It’s like a box of chocolates. You just never know what you’re going to fudge into next.
One benefit/reason is to make it easier to manually type in the URL. Like if it’s printed on an ad or poster or something.
Not a significant benefit anymore especially with QR codes.
Yeah I get the idea in that sense. It’s just that you are putting a lot of trust in the source. But I guess that’s the same with qr codes but at least you get to see the destination in your camera view.
https://phishyurl.com/ is better 😁
