• atocci
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    61 year ago

    I think Twitter might do it to standardize the number of characters a link takes up in a tweet? 23 characters IIRC

    • wagoner
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      81 year ago

      Mastodon manages to do it without a shortener, so I don’t believe that’s the answer.

    • 👁️👄👁️
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      11 year ago

      That used to be the case, don’t think it is anymore. I don’t remember though, I ditched that shit hole.