Comments on: Twitter, It’s Time to Fix Short URLs Once and For All

By: Twitter Fights Against Phishing

Twitter Fights Against Phishing — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:57:10 +0000

[...] anti-phishing technology to detect dangerous short URLs submitted in direct messages and Tweets. I proposed that it do so last September. And given how many fake direct messages I get with short URLs that lead to sites [...]

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:29:36 +0000

So this is all great and it seems like a great plan… BUT… why doesn’t twitter just have it so it recognizes a URL in a tweet and counts it as 0 or 1 characters? Seems like that would solve lots of the issues here and would actually make most shortener sites obsolete. The only thing that should still be developed if my suggestion is taken are your malware-detection propositions.

By: Bastien

Bastien — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:04:49 +0000

Excellent post, Harry. I like the API plan, probably because I’m a developer. Making the API available would make all the clients better and provide a solid deterrent to scammers.

From a tech perspective, I find Twitter one of the most interesting thing out there in some time. I can see some real possibilities in using the app for business.

By: DaveZatz

DaveZatz — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:29:06 +0000

Long URL Please Firefox bookmarklet has been helpful.

By: Chris Heath

Chris Heath — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:43:37 +0000

Harry, I’d bet you’re aware of this, but many people aren’t. Friendfeed has been auto-expanding shortened URLs for a while now (one of the enhancements in the real-time UI rolled out early this year)