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JULY 17, 2009

ly, aka Threely , is a fairly new entrant in the URL shortening game, and so far, I really like it. The most obvious benefit is that Threely makes shorter URLs, 15 characters vs. 18 characters from is.gd , which I believe was the previous title holder for shortest URL shortener. It’s easy to lose a URL with Threely.

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AUGUST 5, 2010

Are trivial Foursquare Twitter updates especially annoying, or just more of the same? Twitter was built for trivial status updates. Remember, URL shortening wasn't built into Twitter at the beginning.) Even today, everything on Twitter can be divided into two categories: status updates and shared content.

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JULY 7, 2009

We’ve recently had an obsession with brevity in the form of Twitter, and shortened URLs for example. Yesterday afternoon I was having trouble with my Flip video, which I haven’t used in a long time, and complaining about it on Twitter. Social media just got faster.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2009

You’ll also have the option to “cross-post” such that your location and message is published both within the application and to your Twitter or Facebook account. was recently introduced , which is quite attractively laid out, and includes Twitter-inspired graphics. They may function differently on other platforms. Brightkite 2.0

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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Twitter Direct Messages are now a primary carrier of phishing attacks and spam. With Twitter’s 140-character limit, which generally forces shortened URLs, it is impossible to tell at a glance if a link is safe. I installed the Long URL Please plug-in and now when I open a DM, original, not shortened, links are visible.

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