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minus-squarerossome!@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 days agoHost your own URL shortener with Yourls. It’s great, loads of useful plugins too. (dot)ink domains are cheap so you can have fun with namel.ink like I did.
minus-squareXNX@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·10 days agoOr just don’t shorten links? Shortening them just makes linkrot much more likely and also obfuscates where theyre going
minus-squareXNX@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoYeah but that’s not a thing anymore so we should stop using them
Host your own URL shortener with Yourls. It’s great, loads of useful plugins too. (dot)ink domains are cheap so you can have fun with namel.ink like I did.
Or just don’t shorten links? Shortening them just makes linkrot much more likely and also obfuscates where theyre going
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Yeah but that’s not a thing anymore so we should stop using them