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1. switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Sunday, 18-Aug-2019 14:02:11 UTC switching.social

   Reminder that you don't need to use link shorteners like bit.ly etc on Mastodon.

   All links on Mastodon count for 23 characters no matter how long or short they actually are.

   More #MastoTips:
   https://mastodon.at/@switchingsocial/tagged/mastotips

   #Mastodon #LinkShorteners

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   • switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Sunday, 18-Aug-2019 14:47:03 UTC switching.social

     • unreQuited curiosity

     @requrious

     They let the shortener provider follow other people's traffic, and if the provider disappears lots of links get broken.

     But on Mastodon they are also pointless because they don't actually save you any characters.

   • switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Sunday, 18-Aug-2019 18:32:46 UTC switching.social

     • Spud the Armadillo

     @spud

     There isn't any point doing so on Mastodon though? Unless you want to track people?

   • switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Sunday, 18-Aug-2019 18:35:37 UTC switching.social

     • 0x1C3B00DA

     @0x1C3B00DA

     Not really.

     An ordinary non-shortened link works fine on all sites.

     There is absolutely no point using a shortener on Mastodon unless you want to track people.

   • switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Sunday, 18-Aug-2019 19:30:09 UTC switching.social

     • Maxim Pistos
     • unreQuited curiosity
     • ikaros

     @maximpistos @ikaros @requrious

     I don't quite understand why a shortened link would be easier to open than a normal one?

     Surely you just click on it?

     And what happens to the links when the service shuts down?

   • switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Sunday, 18-Aug-2019 20:39:34 UTC switching.social

     • Maxim Pistos
     • unreQuited curiosity
     • ikaros
     • MangoMonster

     @maximpistos @ikaros @requrious
     @MangoMonster

     Wouldn't it be easier to just favourite the post on your phone, then browse your Mastodon favourites list from your laptop?

   • switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Monday, 19-Aug-2019 12:53:00 UTC switching.social

     • Henky!!

     @henk717

     Twitter turns all links into shorteners anyway :blobsad:

     All links in Twitter go to t.co, so that Twitter can track what people click on.